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From: steveg@umd5.umd.edu (Steve Green)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: Which X11 for A/UX 1.1.1 or 2.0?
Message-ID: <6320@umd5.umd.edu>
Date: 23 Mar 90 06:13:27 GMT
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In article <2323@husc6.harvard.edu> fry@brauer.harvard.edu (DSF2) writes:
]
]I'm looking into setting up A/UX 1.1.1 with X windows on a Mac II 
]connected to our Suns over Ethernet.  While I'm anxious to use A/UX 
]2.0, I need this thing running soon and can't wait for summer (plus 
]there's the free upgrade).
]
]My question is with regards to X windows.  I understand the X11 
]release for A/UX does not work concurrently with Mac applications 
]under A/UX 2.0.  Under 2.0, MacX seems the way to go.  However, MacX 
]doesn't exist yet and if I buy X11 with A/UX 1.1.1, I'll have to get 
]MacX later.
]
]1) If I had MacX for 1.1.1, would it run concurrently as a Mac 
]program?

although I have not tried it, it probably will not run at all under 1.x.x.

]2) Any ideas when MacX will really be available?

??

]3) Is there any reason to use the X11 "true Unix" version over MacX, 
]under either system?

Yes.  As of 2.0 beta3, MacX running on a 020 mac is hardly usable.  X11R4
running under AUX 1.x.x or 2.0 works great.  The difference between MacX and
MIT X is great enough to warrant the use of MIT X.

]>4) Under either system, if a program asks for a window larger than my 
]screen (I'll be using a 13inch RGB), is the window made to fit, or do 
]I have to resize it myself?

You have to resize it under MIT X and I think the same for MacX.

]5) Lastly, just for the sake of comparison, how does using either X 
]product compare to using Sun's X11 windowing system that I'm now 
]using on a Sun3 in terms of speed?

It has been a while since I used X on a Sun, but as I recall, X11R4
compiled with gcc under AUX (020) is faster than the X11R3 servers I have
used on Sun3's.  (probably compiled with pcc)

]Thanks for any help.
]
]
]David Fry				fry@huma1.harvard.EDU
]Department of Mathematics		fry@huma1.bitnet
]Harvard University			...!harvard!huma1!fry
]Cambridge, MA  02138		

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