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From: kaleb@mars.jpl.nasa.gov (Kaleb Keithley)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: MSDOS X
Keywords: MSDOS, X
Message-ID: <2340@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov>
Date: 6 Dec 89 01:08:33 GMT
References: <128822@sun.Eng.Sun.COM>
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Reply-To: kaleb@mars.UUCP (Kaleb Keithley)
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In article <128822@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> stephenj@deblil.Sun.COM (Stephen Johnson) writes:
>I have a Dell system 310 (386) with 1 meg at home and it runs MSDOG
>3.2.  Is there a version of X windows which will run on this system?
>
>OR, is it possible to grab the X source and compile it for MSDOG and
>the EGA/VGA?

Hewlett Packard just annouced an X server that runs on DOS.  I don't see how
you could just compile MIT with EGA/VGA, because MIT X11R4 relies heavily on
sockets, and other UNIX specific stuff like mmap.

Not to mention, if you are talking about running both server and clients on
the same machine, where to you get a multi-tasking executive.  DESQView?
The server, as compiled on our Sun, takes over 600Kbytes of disk, and over
1.5Mbytes when it runs.  Where do you get that kind of memory under DOS?

Note to all flame throwers, I realize that just because it takes 600Kbytes on
our Sun, doesn't neccessarily mean it will take that much disk or memory on
some brand x machine.



Chewey, get us outta here!
                 
kaleb@mars.jpl.nasa.gov             (818)354-8771
Kaleb Keithley