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From: sau@wind.bellcore.com (Stephen A Uhler)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Patches for building X11R3 on DECstation 3100's
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Date: 20 Jul 89 14:44:47 GMT
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In article <8907201224.AA01252@expire.lcs.mit.edu> rws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU writes:
>
>    I don't think that anyone outside of DEC knows enough about how the
>    DECstation 3100 frame buffer (pm) to be able to write an X server.
>    Maybe there will be one in 11R4.

I just finished porting my MGR window system to the DECstation 3100, using
the raw (pm) frame buffer.  With no help from DEC, I figured out the magic
needed to access the frame buffer, keyboard, and mouse.  You can look at the
DEC display drivers in the MGR src (availiable via ftp from bellcore.com), or
if there is enough interest I can post a summary.