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From: goward@admin.cse.ogi.edu (Philip Goward)
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Subject: Re: Free NeWS? (Re: sun's commitment to NeWS)
Keywords: PIX
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Date: 19 Mar 90 06:29:03 GMT
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The PIX window system is alive and well on the Cogent Research XTM.
The graphics libraries have been completely rewritten, and it no longer
uses any cscript code. PIX isn't yet completely compatible with NeWS, but
is compatible enough to run litewindow and litemenu, and most of the Sun
demo programs.

PIX now also supports X in a novel way - by means of a shared graphics
server that both a separate PostScript server and X server access 
simultaneously. On the Cogent machine all three parts run on different
processors.

Cogent is still interested in enhancing the graphics side of the server,
and also in the possibility of putting PIX into the public domain, but
it still needs work before it's exactly like NeWS.

Anyone interested can contact me:
Philip J Goward, at Cogent Research Inc., 1100 NW Compton Dr.,
Beaverton, OR 97006.

goward@admin.ogi.edu