PTC X/Server™
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Product Datasheet! In a world of heterogeneous IT environments, the need for a high-performance, transparent PC X server that delivers seamless integration between the Windows® desktop and the UNIX/Linux server is critical. PTC X/ Server is designed to be the ideal solution for interoperability of PCs and UNIX/Linux systems utilizing the most recent standards and provides ease of usability and flexibility that users and enterprise system administrators require. PTC X/Server operates on Windows Desktop (32 and 64) and Windows Server (64 bit) platforms. PTC X/Server is available separately, or as a great companion to PTC MKS Toolkit products. PTC X/Server Features: • Full X11R7.6 server with GLX 1.4 support for displaying sophisticated 3D imaging applications on a Windows PC. Provides greater user control over Pixel Format to VisualMapping. No additional 3D license is needed • Remote Environment Support including Citrix, Microsoft Terminal Services and Remote Desktop environments • 3Dconnexion Spaceball 5000 and SpaceMouse Plus support • Multiple simultaneous color depths • X Keyboard Mapper Enhanced XDMCP implementation for easy connection over VPN • Cut and paste between UNIX/Linux and Microsoft® Windows applications • IPV6 support • 32 and 64-bit X Servers on the same CD image • Choice of Microsoft, local OSF/Motif or third party (mwm, olwm, twm) window manager • Intelligent color matching between X and Windows applications • VT420, WYSE 60, and ANSI terminal emulation over SSH, telnet and other transports • UNIX/Linux Neighborhood browser • Multi-monitor support • Graphics Optimizer maximizes the power of your hardware • Direct Rendering support - enables applications migrated with PTC MKS Toolkit for Enterprise Developers (both 32 and 64-bit editions), and using the PTC NuTCRACKER Platform to boost performance by communicating directly with the Windows OpenGL libraries • Many simultaneous Truecolor, Pseudocolor, Greyscale and StaticGrey visuals with overlay/underlay planes (depending upon underlying graphics hardware support) “There is a remarkable performance improvement using Mentor Graphics tools with PTC X/Server as compared to X-Win32. Not sure what you’re doing, but it’s working.” Raytheon Missile Systems PTC X/Server Font Support • X Font Compiler • Powerful font substitution (interactive or automatic) with font preview facility • MIT 75dpi, 100dpi, HP, Andrew, Asian, Hangul and Siemens fonts supplied • Windows Truetype/Opentype fonts can be used seamlessly with X11 fonts and connection to a font server for share network font repository

Product Datasheet! Secure Shell Support SSH is a secure replacement for older TCP protocols that provides greater security and full support for password-less authentication and other modern authentication methods like RSA/DSA keys and smart cards as well as allowing an established connection to tunnel other protocols (such as X11). Support for SSH-enabled transports is fully integrated in PTC X/Server's terminal emulators, Remote Program Starter, and UNIX Neighborhood. When an SSH-enabled transport is used, PTC X/Server first tries to connect using SSH and if that fails, it falls back to...

Product Datasheet! The installer will detect and allow you to configure the Windows firewall to allow incoming X11 connections. Minor updates and fixes are delivered in Windows Installer patch format and can be applied to admin images or delivered in an automated fashion. The PTC X/Server installation files (and all delivered binaries) are digitally signed for your peace of mind. You always know that they came from PTC unmodified and are the genuine, virus-free packages. PTC X/Server installation auto-senses if it is being installed on an x86 (and hence installs the 32-bit X Server) or an...

Product Datasheet! Future-Proofing PTC X/Server has been designed not only to match the future needs of corporate IT infrastructures, but also to optimize the IT infrastructures and investments of the past. It is crucial to allow integration of legacy applications into an infrastructure while allowing the development of future strategies. PTC X/Server is consistent in its treatment of technology. Character-based legacy applications can be used in one of the terminal emulators provided (VT420 and subsets, WYSE 60 and subsets, and SCO ANSI). For backwards X compatibility, PTC X/Server offers...