I don't have to be connected to all of these hosts all of the time but there are occasions when it gets busy on screen. To reduce the risk of typing the wrong command into the wrong window, I've colour coded them. The following shell script illustrates the concept, but makes no attempt to connect to the hosts in question. That's partly because of the convoluted way I have to connect to some of them.
#!/bin/sh xclock -hl Firebrick -geometry 128x96-8+8& xload -hl red -geometry 128x96-8+131& xman -geometry 128x96-8+254& xterm -title Phil -fg white -bg 'Dark Slate Blue' -geometry 80x24+8+8& xterm -title iPaq -fg white -bg Firebrick -geometry 80x24+100+100& xterm -title Cumine -fg white -bg 'Saddle Brown' -geometry 80x24+192+192& xterm -title Delia -fg white -bg 'Dark Slate Gray' -geometry 80x24+284+284& xterm -title Atomic -fg white -bg black -geometry 80x24+376+376&
