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From: aem@ibiza.Miami.Edu (a.e.mossberg)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux,comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: X vs MacII
Keywords: Color, multiple screens, Purdue patches
Message-ID: <360@umigw.MIAMI.EDU>
Date: 26 Jun 89 20:25:16 GMT
References: <912@alpha.lanl.gov>
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In <912@alpha.lanl.gov>, <chn@alpha.lanl.gov> wrote:
>1.  The man pages for XmacII state that "Color and multiple screens are 
>supported under A/UX Release 1.1 and later."  The installation notes in 
>server/ddx/macII/README state that "These Apple X11 drivers. . .support 
>a single monochrome (1 bit deep) screen. . ."  I'm wondering which of 
>these statements is correct.  I can't invoke XmacII with the -depth 8
>option, so I assume it's the latter.  Is there any hope of color and/or
>multiple screens on the Mac?

Both are correct. To have color under A/UX though you need to buy the 
X-Window package from Apple (or write your own drivers). The publicly
distributed drivers are monochrome-only.

aem


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