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From: schneidr@cs.washington.edu (Scott Schneider)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Apollo X server - next release
Keywords: Apollo X shared mode X11R4 SR10.3
Message-ID: <12761@june.cs.washington.edu>
Date: 10 Aug 90 22:06:11 GMT
Organization: U of Washington, Computer Science, Seattle
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I am currently using the Apollo X server (Xapollo) at SR10.2
on an Apollo DN3000.  I am using the X server in shared
mode as my customers need to run DM applications.

Questions about the next release of Apollo's X server:

1. Will the next release of the Apollo X server support
   shared mode?

2. What is the next release of the Apollo X server?  Is
   it the X11R4 server?

3. What happens at SR10.3?  Is there still Shared-mode?

4. If we lose shared mode at either SR10.3 or X11R4, why
   has Apollo chosen to do this?

5. When is the next release of Apollo's X server?

6. Is the next release going to be faster? (I hope so)

What would be real nice is to have an Apollo X11R4 server
that supports shared-mode (for those people who need the
DM availability) but also runs ***really*** fast in X-only
mode.   Am I dreaming?

If this message appears to portrays conflicting thoughts, it
is not you.  *I* have no problem working in an X-only mode but
my customers like the "security" of the DM so I have to make
sure that they don't lose that security blanket.

Thanks in advance.


Scott Schneider                  
Boeing Commercial                
schneidr@june.cs.washington.edu  
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