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HOBLink X11 is an integrated [[X Window System]] server package that allows you to use your PC running OS/2 as an X Window server, also for a local X11 client applications that are based on [[XFree86/2]] libraries.  
|Picture=HoblinkX11.gif
|Name=HOBLink X11
|Version=3.5 (2001)
|Vendor=HOB GmbH & Co. KG
|Author=
|Licence=Commercial
|WWW=[https://web.archive.org/web/20050324111501/http://www.hobsoft.com/www_us/produkte/connect/x11-OS2.htm Archived]
}}
'''HOBLink X11''' is an integrated [[X Window System]] server package that allows you to use your PC running OS/2 as an X Window server for both remote clients and for a local X11 client applications that are based on Xlib from [[XFree86/2]].


== Features ==
== Features ==
In addition to the basic X11 Server functionality and associated features the HOBLink system features Telnet Terminal Emulation, a GUI for for the [[File Transfer Protocol]] (FTP) and the [[Trivial File Transfer Protocol]] (TFTP), support for [[LPR]] (remote printing), Ping program for testing the configuration and the physical connections, automatic program start via REXEC and RSH for hosts that are not capable of XDMCP (e.g. Tektronix), Numerous character sets for on-screen display of the standard X character sets and support for remote font libraries, virtual screens and three button mouse emulation.  
[[Image:X11-OS2-SS.gif|right|thumb|HOBLink X11 running in "Single Window Mode"]]
In addition to the basic X11 Server functionality and associated features, the HOBLink system features Telnet Terminal Emulation, a GUI for the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) and the Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP), support for LPR (remote printing), Ping program for testing the configuration and the physical connections, automatic program start via REXEC and RSH for hosts that are not capable of XDMCP (e.g. Tektronix), Numerous character sets for on-screen display of the standard X character sets and support for remote font libraries, virtual screens and three button mouse emulation.


The HOBLink X11 is fully multi-client, i.e. you can open up windows from multiple hosts at the same time and allows copy and paste between the X clients and OS/2 programs. It can operate in one of the three following modes:
The HOBLink X11 is fully multi-client, i.e. you can open up windows from multiple hosts at the same time and allows copy and paste between the X clients and OS/2 programs. It can operate in one of the three following modes:
* '''Multiple window mode''' Where each X client is displayed in a separate [[Presentation Manager]] window. OS/2 assumes the task of the X Window Manager (displaying and managing the windows)..
* '''Multiple window mode''' Where each X client is displayed in a separate [[Presentation Manager]] window. OS/2 assumes the task of the X Window Manager (displaying and managing the windows).
* '''Single window mode''' All X clients are displayed in a single window, in the X-Session window. The management of the windows can be handled by remote window managers.
* '''Single window mode''' All X clients are displayed in a single window, in the X-Session window. The management of the windows can be handled by remote window managers.
* '''Full screen mode''' All X clients are displayed outside of the OS/2 GUI. The X session occupies the entire screen.
* '''Full screen mode''' All X clients are displayed outside the OS/2 GUI. The X session occupies the entire screen.


==Versions==
==Versions==
* Last known version: 3.5 (Conforms to the X Window System Standard 6.4 which is the current one as of early 2016)
* 3.5 (Conforms to the X Window System R6.4)
: eComStation 1.x came bundled with a version of HOBLink X11 3.5 that would only work on eCS systems but not on older OS/2 systems, while HOBLink appears no longer to be bundled with 2.x versions of eCS it still works on those systems.
:eComStation 1.x came bundled with a version of HOBLink X11 3.5, for eCS 2.x a correct ecsreg.ini entry is required.


[[Image:X11-OS2-SS.gif|300px|right|thumb|HOBLink X11 running in "Single Window Mode"]]
==Links==
==Links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050324111501/http://www.hobsoft.com/www_us/produkte/connect/x11-OS2.htm Original HOBLink X11 product page] - Deleted page recovered via [[Archive.org]]
* [[Per Johansson]]: ''[http://www.os2voice.org/VNL/past_issues/VNL1103H/vnewsf4.htm HOBLink X11 Server - Getting Started]'' - Originally published in the [[VOICE Newsletter]] November 2003
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050407180528/http://www.hobsoft.com/www_us/produkte/connect/X11-OS2-install.htm Running Local Applications Using HOBLink X11 under OS/2] - Using HOBLink X11 to run UNIX applications locally with the help of a [[XFree86]] client - Deleted article recovered via Archive.org
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050407180528/http://www.hobsoft.com/www_us/produkte/connect/X11-OS2-install.htm Running Local Applications Using HOBLink X11 under OS/2] - Using HOBLink X11 to run UNIX applications locally with the help of a [[XFree86]] client
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040806154004/http://www.hobsoft.com/www_us/produkte/connect/x11os2e.pdf Original HOBLink X11 sales brochure] - [[PDF]] file - Deleted article recovered via Archive.org
* HOBLink X11 sales brochure: [https://web.archive.org/web/20040806154004/http://www.hobsoft.com/www_us/produkte/connect/x11os2e.pdf x11os2e.pdf]


==License & availability==
[[Category:X11]]
* Discontinued commercial software.
 
==Publisher==
* HOB GmbH & Co. KG.
 
[[Category:Tools]][[Category:X11]][[Category:Networking]]

Latest revision as of 05:55, 17 September 2023

HOBLink X11
Name HOBLink X11
Version 3.5 (2001)
Vendor HOB GmbH & Co. KG
Author
Licence Commercial
WWW Archived

HOBLink X11 is an integrated X Window System server package that allows you to use your PC running OS/2 as an X Window server for both remote clients and for a local X11 client applications that are based on Xlib from XFree86/2.

Features

HOBLink X11 running in "Single Window Mode"

In addition to the basic X11 Server functionality and associated features, the HOBLink system features Telnet Terminal Emulation, a GUI for the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) and the Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP), support for LPR (remote printing), Ping program for testing the configuration and the physical connections, automatic program start via REXEC and RSH for hosts that are not capable of XDMCP (e.g. Tektronix), Numerous character sets for on-screen display of the standard X character sets and support for remote font libraries, virtual screens and three button mouse emulation.

The HOBLink X11 is fully multi-client, i.e. you can open up windows from multiple hosts at the same time and allows copy and paste between the X clients and OS/2 programs. It can operate in one of the three following modes:

  • Multiple window mode Where each X client is displayed in a separate Presentation Manager window. OS/2 assumes the task of the X Window Manager (displaying and managing the windows).
  • Single window mode All X clients are displayed in a single window, in the X-Session window. The management of the windows can be handled by remote window managers.
  • Full screen mode All X clients are displayed outside the OS/2 GUI. The X session occupies the entire screen.

Versions

  • 3.5 (Conforms to the X Window System R6.4)
eComStation 1.x came bundled with a version of HOBLink X11 3.5, for eCS 2.x a correct ecsreg.ini entry is required.

Links