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From: sorensen@athena.mit.edu (Alma G. Sorensen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386,comp.windows.x
Subject: Best Display for X11 under ISC 386/ix
Summary: Any idea which X Server is fastest/best?
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Date: 21 Jul 89 18:32:53 GMT
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Howdy.  I'm putting together a 25 MHz 386 machine (from NCR) which I'd
like to run Interactive Systems' 386/ix version of Unix and X11.  I've
heard about three vendors who sell (I think) display cards (and server
software) for such a machine.  The three I've heard of so far:

Blit board (sp?) by BellTech
V8 and C8 (?) by Microport
and one by Matrox

I think each of these use some hardware like TI's 34010 to help speed
up server operations.

Anybody have any experience with any of these beasts? Heard of others?
Or even (gasp) have heard of benchmark results on them such as xbench?
I'd really appreciate any info on these things, as some of them get
kind of expensive.

Also, any idea if these servers support having a VP/ix DOS emulation
window open?  

Thanks,

Greg Sorensen
sorensen@athena.mit.edu   or
sorensen@imager.mit.edu
Voice: (617) 868-5365