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From: rogers@falcon.SRC.Honeywell.COM (Brynn Rogers)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.graphics,comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: x-window on dos or os/2
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Date: 30 Jun 89 13:29:09 GMT
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In article <6327@pdn.paradyne.com> dixon@gumby.paradyne.com (0000-Tom Dixon) writes:
>In article <903@ks.UUCP> griefer@ibmarc.UUCP (Allan D. Griefer) writes:
>>IBM offers IBM X-Windows for IBM DOS, program number 5709-029.  I hope this
>>helps.

>>Allan D. Griefer,       IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, CA

>This sounds like a huge nightmare.  What are the system requirements for
>the DOS Machine?  

>I was under the impression that X was very large and precessor intensive for
>your average unix machine.  I would think it would drop a 20 Mhz Model 80 to 
>its knees!

We have Graphics Software systems PC-XVIEW up and running on a compaq 386/25.
I takes about 500k to run (after all the various drivers are loaded,
your mileage will vary) and really smokes!  it is designed for a 286, so
It probably works tolerably fast on one of those. Believe it or not,
it will even work with EGA.  it works with most of the 800x600 super-VGAs,
but we use DGIS (Nec MVA1024-- a TI 34010 with 1024x768).

I haven't used X a whole lot yet, but it's operation is apparently faster than
a 3/60.

Gotchas: you have to have a exelan lan board (TCP/IP in ROM) 800-900 $$
         (they have/almost have a version for other boards, it is in beta)
  
	 even though your VGA or DGIS can handle 256 colors in their max 
resolution modes, the drivers can only handle 16 colors.

Disclaimer: I have nothing to do with GSS.  

 Brynn Rogers    Honeywell S&RC        rogers@src.honeywell.com
                                       nic.MR.net!srcsip!rogers