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From: dcr0@GTE.COM (David Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Large Monitors for X Window under Macintosh A/UX
Message-ID: <7750@bunny.GTE.COM>
Date: 7 Nov 89 13:40:38 GMT
References: <1250@noao.UUCP>
Organization: GTE Laboratories, Inc., Waltham, MA
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From article <1250@noao.UUCP>, by tody@noao.edu (Doug Tody X217):
> I am considering adding a high resolution color or monochrome monitor to
> this system.  It appears that most third party hires monitors for the Mac
> support only MacOS; can anyone recommend a product which will also work
> with A/UX and X windows?  I will be getting the Apple version of X window,
> but have no information on the monitors it supports (probably only Apple
> monitors).  Perhaps the MIT release of X11.4 will include support for
> additional monitors under A/UX.

A/UX version 1.1 will support any monitor that the Macintosh supports,
according to the best sources I know of.   I have been running A/UX with
a Moniterm Viking I monitor, with no problems whatsoever.  In fact, I have
not heard in the past 6-9 months of any monitors that do *not* work well
with A/UX.  And this holds true for the X Window System running on A/UX as
well, both the MIT distribution and the Apple X11R3 product.

I would recommend the Apple X11R3 product over the MIT X11R3 distribution,
at least at the moment.  The server is noticeably faster.  This may change,
however, if the MIT X11R4 distribution (coming Real Soon Now) includes the
latest Apple server.  Also, the Apple product supports 8-bit color, whereas
the MIT X11R3 A/UX server supports only monochrome.

Anyway, enough said.  The short answer is:  get whatever monitor you like
best -- it is 99 44/100 % probable that it will work with X on A/UX.  (I
make it a policy never to make absolute promises; Murphy's law guarantees
that something would prove me wrong. :-))
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