networked computers

tool: Exceed

Purpose: 

Exceed is a PC X server system which allows for graphical user interface (GUI) interactions with networked computers. Exceed provides data exchange among applications on different platforms including UNIX, Linux, VMS, X Window Based System and IBM mainframes.

Features: 

• Allows users to connect Microsoft Windows desktops to a wide variety of X Window-enabled servers and access X applications.

A&H use case 1 description: 
Exceed was used the North Sea Palaeolandscapes project to link up different datasets that were available on different operating platforms.
Publisher: 
Open Text
Creator: 
Hummingbird Ltd.
Data publishing and dissemination: 
Specifications: 
Alternate tool(s): 

MicroXwin, X Window System

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