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Quote:> Hi Unix Gurus!
> I'm trying to find a way of using Windows NT 4 applications on a Solaris 2.5.1
> workstation.

> What's the most cost effective way of doing this?
> do i have to buy NTrigue or Wincenter etc.

I'd bet the most cost effective way of doing this would be to
avoid NT altogether!

Quote:> I would be quite happy by being able to display "excel" etc. on  my
> workstation.

If all you need is display capabilities, you could check out
Sun's PC file viewer.  Alternatively, you could get StarOffice
(free for home users), and use that on your Solaris box natively.
StarOffice can read & write M$ file formats.

Quote:> Temporarily setup The UNIX machine as a dumb terminal for Windows NT.

The irony of that is saddening...

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|I'm trying to find a way of using Windows NT 4 applications on a Solaris 2.5.1
|workstation.
|
|What's the most cost effective way of doing this?

Something like StarOffice or Applix may help if you have to deal with
documents in Microsoft formats, though.

|do i have to buy NTrigue or Wincenter etc.

You can use freeware called VNC to remote the display of a Microsoft
Windows NT computer to a Unix computer.  However, this does not allow
true multiuser usage like NTrigue or Wincenter.  Two users who use
VNC on the same Microsoft Windows NT computer will fight for the cursor.

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