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From: rjn@hpfcso.HP.COM (Bob Niland)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: X11 on 98710
Message-ID: <7370181@hpfcso.HP.COM>
Date: 26 Jul 90 15:15:25 GMT
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re: > X11 is running on the 300h, but is there any way that color X will 
    > run on the 98710?  

The HP 98700A/H, now discontinued, is the oldest bit-map display on the
Series 300 (and was actually designed for an earlier computer line).  There
never was any X-server code for it, and none is planned.  Part of the reason
no server code exists is that the 98700A processor was optimized for vector
operations, and raster-op performance was not considered adequate for
X-windows.

If you aren't otherwise using the transform engine features, you could keep
the CRT monitor and replace the 98700A processor and 98287A interface with a
98547A or 98549A video board.  Both are supported by X11 and would provide
improved raster-op performance.

Regards,                                              Hewlett-Packard
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