<s>
HP	B-Device
X-Terminals	I-Device
are	O
a	O
line	O
of	O
X	B-Protocol
terminals	I-Protocol
from	O
Hewlett	O
Packard	O
introduced	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
-	O
to	O
mid-1990s	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
700/X	O
and	O
700/RX	O
,	O
Envizex	O
and	O
Entria	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Envizex	O
II	O
and	O
Entria	O
II	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
were	O
often	O
sold	O
alongside	O
PA-RISC-based	O
HP	B-Device
9000	I-Device
Unix	B-Application
systems	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
X-Terminals	B-Protocol
all	O
allowed	O
high-resolution	O
,	O
color-graphics	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
main	O
server	O
from	O
which	O
they	O
downloaded	O
their	O
operating	O
system	O
and	O
necessary	O
program	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HP	O
did	O
not	O
use	O
its	O
own	O
PA-RISC	B-Device
platform	O
for	O
these	O
systems	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
design	O
used	O
an	O
Intel	O
CISC	B-Architecture
processor	I-Architecture
,	O
while	O
all	O
later	O
systems	O
used	O
RISC	B-Architecture
platforms	O
,	O
first	O
Intel	B-General_Concept
i960	I-General_Concept
and	O
later	O
the	O
popular	O
MIPS	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
1990s	O
X-Terminals	B-Protocol
,	O
together	O
with	O
offerings	O
from	O
many	O
other	O
vendors	O
from	O
that	O
time	O
,	O
were	O
precursors	O
to	O
thin	B-Device
computing	I-Device
:	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
small	O
dumb	O
front-end	O
systems	O
for	O
I/O	O
and	O
a	O
larger	O
processing	O
system	O
as	O
back-end	O
,	O
shared	O
by	O
many	O
concurrent	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
are	O
the	O
direct	O
successors	O
to	O
the	O
700/X	O
line	O
of	O
X-Terminals	B-Protocol
and	O
changed	O
the	O
architecture	O
significantly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
were	O
the	O
first	O
in	O
a	O
line	O
of	O
terminals	O
to	O
be	O
driven	O
by	O
an	O
Intel	B-General_Concept
i960	I-General_Concept
RISC	B-Architecture
CPU	O
and	O
introduced	O
a	O
case	O
which	O
also	O
was	O
used	O
on	O
later	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Entrias	O
were	O
the	O
low-cost	O
line	O
of	O
X-Terminals	B-Protocol
,	O
featuring	O
the	O
same	O
architecture	O
as	O
the	O
700/RX	O
terminals	O
,	O
but	O
in	O
a	O
plastic	O
case	O
the	O
same	O
style	O
as	O
the	O
HP	O
9000/712	O
workstation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Envizex	O
were	O
the	O
successors	O
to	O
the	O
700/RX	O
terminals	O
,	O
featuring	O
the	O
same	O
flat	O
pizzabox	O
case	O
and	O
a	O
slightly	O
modified	O
architecture	O
with	O
a	O
faster	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Intel	B-General_Concept
i960	I-General_Concept
RISC	B-Architecture
CPU	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RAM	O
:	O
a	O
and	O
i	O
SERIES	O
:	O
4MB	O
on	O
board	O
,	O
132MB	O
maximum	O
;	O
four	O
slots	O
take	O
each	O
up	O
to	O
32MB	O
72-pin	O
non-parity	O
SIMMs	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
also	O
have	O
two	O
PCMCIA	B-Architecture
sockets	O
for	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
were	O
the	O
successors	O
of	O
the	O
low-cost	O
Entria	O
X-Terminals	B-Protocol
,	O
keeping	O
their	O
HP	O
9000/712	O
-style	O
small	O
footprint	O
plastic	O
case	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
based	O
around	O
a	O
NEC	O
R4300	B-Device
CPU	O
and	O
PCI-based	O
I/O	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
are	O
the	O
bigger	O
brothers	O
of	O
the	O
Entria	O
II	O
X-Terminals	B-Protocol
,	O
driven	O
by	O
the	O
same	O
R4300	B-Device
MIPS	B-Device
CPU	O
and	O
PCI	B-Protocol
I/O	O
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
X-Terminals/stations	O
run	O
a	O
proprietary	O
operating	O
system	O
from	O
HP	O
—	O
Netstation	O
,	O
formerly	O
Enware	O
,	O
with	O
some	O
versions	O
apparently	O
based	O
on	O
VxWorks	B-Operating_System
(	O
probably	O
those	O
with	O
RISC	B-Architecture
support	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
software	O
runs	O
on	O
theoretically	O
any	O
Unix	B-Application
system	I-Application
,	O
native	O
support	O
is	O
available	O
for	O
HP-UX	B-Application
10	O
,	O
HP-UX	B-Application
11	O
,	O
IBM	B-Application
AIX	I-Application
and	O
Solaris	B-Application
2.x	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
generic	O
installation	O
image	O
is	O
provided	O
for	O
other	O
Unix	B-Application
flavors	O
;	O
this	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
install	O
the	O
software	O
via	O
the	O
provided	O
installation	O
shell	O
script	O
on	O
for	O
instance	O
various	O
Linux	B-Application
or	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
flavors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
older	O
Enware/Netstation	O
Version	O
7.1	O
,	O
HP	O
product	O
B.07.11	O
,	O
supports	O
the	O
following	O
i960-based	O
terminals	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
downloadable	O
from	O
a	O
public	O
HP	O
FTP	B-Protocol
service	O
(	O
hprc.external.hp.com/B.07.11/	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
however	O
was	O
apparently	O
discontinued	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Generally	O
,	O
a	O
Unix	B-Application
server	O
is	O
needed	O
from	O
which	O
the	O
station	O
can	O
boot	O
its	O
kernel	O
and	O
load	O
its	O
X	B-Operating_System
server	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
done	O
via	O
TFTP	B-Device
;	O
the	O
station	O
can	O
be	O
managed	O
locally	O
via	O
a	O
configuration	O
screen	O
or	O
remotely	O
on	O
the	O
server	O
via	O
customizable	O
configuration	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
supports	O
the	O
newer	O
MIPS-based	O
X-Terminals	B-Protocol
:	O
</s>
<s>
Same	O
as	O
with	O
the	O
older	O
Netstation	O
software	O
,	O
version	O
9.0	O
was	O
available	O
from	O
a	O
HP	O
FTP	B-Protocol
service	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
discontinued	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
newer	O
X-Terminals	B-Protocol
(	O
IIs	O
)	O
can	O
boot	O
in	O
different	O
ways	O
,	O
over	O
a	O
NFS	B-Protocol
mount	O
,	O
a	O
SMB	B-Operating_System
share	O
or	O
plain	O
TFTP	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Included	O
in	O
the	O
Netstation	O
software	O
is	O
a	O
native	O
Java	B-Language
environment	O
which	O
makes	O
execution	O
of	O
local	O
Java	B-Language
applets	O
on	O
the	O
terminal	O
possible	O
.	O
</s>
