Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!psuvax1!rutgers!att!cbnewsh!wolf From: wolf@cbnewsh.att.com (thomas.wolf) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Is there an X-Client for the ST? Keywords: X,Client,st Message-ID: <1990Aug9.033244.20978@cbnewsh.att.com> Date: 9 Aug 90 03:32:44 GMT References: Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 43 In article roarment@faui09.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Roberto Armenti) writes: >paone@aramis.rutgers.edu (Phil Paone) writes: > > >>Hi, > >>I havn't been keeping up with the ST worl lately. Has anyone ported >>the client side of X to the atari ST? In particular the 1040? > >>Phil > >Hi Phil ! > I once heard about such a thing named X/ST/Window or something > like this, but I never could get some info on that. > > Perhaps someone out here can help us, as I'm looking for an X > client for the ST, too. There are dozens of "clients" which come with the MIT X distribution. Perhaps you meant to ask whether anyone ported the X server to the ST? I, too, asked this question some time ago, but got no answer (well, I seem to recall someone in Germany mentioning that he/she was working on a server port -- but don't know what came of it.) It would be interesting to see an X port on an unmodified ST. You almost _need_ multi-tasking to run the X Server and a reasonable number of X clients - although, I suppose with creativity, you could run the server as an "accessory" and a single X client from the desktop. If you intend on using the ST as an "X Terminal" (ie. just run the X server), your server would have to know either SLIP (serial line Internet Protocol) if you connect another machine running X clients via the ST's serial port _or_ TCP/IP if you can find an ethernet board for the ST. In either case, you need at least one other machine to do anything useful. Sorry I can't be of more help, Tom -- +-------------------------------------+ "Stupid" questions are better than | Tom Wolf | (201) 949-2079 | no questions at all. No answer is | Bell Labs, NJ | wolf@spanky.att.com | better than a stupid one. +-------------------------------------+