Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker!apple!agate!darkstar!saturn.ucsc.edu!bobeson From: bobeson@saturn.ucsc.edu (Robert Ellefson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix Subject: Re: X on DOS Message-ID: <7002@darkstar.ucsc.edu> Date: 19 Sep 90 19:18:50 GMT References: <382@nwnexus.WA.COM> <90261.082810P88033@BARILVM.BITNET> Sender: usenet@darkstar.ucsc.edu Distribution: na Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz Lines: 19 In article <90261.082810P88033@BARILVM.BITNET> P88033@BARILVM.BITNET (Shlomit Rot) writes: > >Does anyone tried the IBM product name "X on DOS" ? >If so, please let me know youre opinion on the product. I installed this on a PS/2 model 50, along with AIX Access for DOS users. I liked AIX Access, as it gives you some good features. (AIX filesystems accesible under DOS). The X windows server was _MUCH_ too slow to use, unfortunately. The RAM limitations seemed to prevent more than 2 applications to run. (Meaning, I could only run the window manager and 1 shell window.) I had fun scrolling the mouse around quickly for a minute, and watching the display take 5 minutes to follow my actions. Perhaps a faster machine will prevent this problem, but the 640k RAM limit is probably unavoidable with the IBM X offering. -Bob Ellefson bobeson@spica.ucsc.edu