In article <Andy.Law-0503960911490001 at pc0734.ri.bbsrc.ac.uk>,
Andy.Law at bbsrc.ac.uk (Andy Law) wrote:
>In article <4hfkm4$p3p at nntp1.best.com>, jquinn at nntp.best.com (Dr.Greg
>Quinn) wrote:
>> > Any suggestions for the XWindows emulators for Macs to allow WPI access?
>>MacX (from Apple or APDA)
>>eXodus from White Pine Software
>>MachTen (a full blown UNIX) from Tenon
>>WPI? Don't do it, it's ghastly!!
To elaborate a bit on Andy Law's comments:
I use eXodus, and it works pretty well. I agree that WPI is pretty much
an abomination (whew, that's a bit harsh). Steve Smith, the developer of
GDE, the Genetic Data Environment, is now working for GCG and it appears
that WPI in its next incarnation will me more GDE-like in implementation.
This should be a big plus, if you can wait 6-9 months.
In the meantime, my advice is to try to find a X-terminal and try out WPI
before buying an X emulator. If you are a power-GCG user already, it
might be of some help. If not spend a few days (weeks?) trying to learn
the command line interface for GCG. You'll need to know how it works if
you are going use WPI.
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Jerry Learn
Research Associate
Dept. of Microbiology | Learn at u.washington.edu
University of Washington | Phone: (206) 616-4286
Box 357740 | FAX: (206) 616-1575
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