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From: stephenj@deblil.Sun.COM (Stephen Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: MSDOS X
Keywords: MSDOS, X
Message-ID: <128865@sun.Eng.Sun.COM>
Date: 6 Dec 89 18:54:28 GMT
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Reply-To: stephenj@sun.UUCP (Stephen Johnson)
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In article <2340@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov> kaleb@mars.UUCP (Kaleb Keithley) writes:
>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.

Software emulation of these features in the DOS environment is possible.
I thought that maybe, some great DOS hacker out there might have done this
already.

>
>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?

Again, software emulation of the server/client multi-tasking executive
might have been done.  [This is what DES*View does.]  It doesn't seem that
difficult.  Naturally, it will be very slow, but thats OK.  It just has to
run, thats all.

There are methods (expanded and extended memory) for getting around the MSDOS
[brain-damaged] 640k barrier.

>
>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


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