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XMX is an X protocol multiplexor. It is a standalone utility for displaying
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an X Windows session on multiple displays. XMX takes advantage of the
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networked nature of the X Window System by tapping the communication link
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between an X client and an X server. In this way, XMX works with any
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X clients and any X servers, without the need to modify either.
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It's tempting to call this "broadcast software," and that is certainly the
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effect. In reality, though, XMX is "multicast" software. It must know
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all the slave machines ahead of time and it connects to each one directly.
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XMX is more like mail than news.
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XMX connects to N servers like an X client, then accepts connections from
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M clients like an X server. One of those servers is designated the "master"
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from which input is directed to the clients. The other servers are "slaves."
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Slave servers receive only those protocol requests that are necessary for
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them to maintain a visual look-alike of the master server's display.
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This software was developed at Brown University for use in our electronic
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classroom. Some version of it has been in use here since 1988.
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