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From: sasrer@unx.sas.com (Rodney Radford)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m88k
Subject: Re: BCS/OCS for X and networking?
Message-ID: <1990Oct11.180440.8449@unx.sas.com>
Date: 11 Oct 90 18:04:40 GMT
References: <1825@hulda.erbe.se> <11161@euce.encore.nl> <1827@hulda.erbe.se>
Organization: SAS Institute Inc.
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In article <1827@hulda.erbe.se> prc@erbe.se (Robert Claeson) writes:
>I wrote:
>
>"Is there someone who knows when the 88open BCS and OCS standards will
>include X and network interfaces?"
>
>and Wytze van der Raay (wytze@euce.encore.nl) replied with:
>
>"Already available are:
>
>* BCS Networking Supplement Release 1.0, September 1989
>* OCS Networking Supplement Release 1.0, September 1989
>* OCS X Window System Supplement Release 1.0, September 1989
>
>The X document is a very minimal one, basically saying: X11R3 from MIT,
>but the other ones are full-blown specifications. What more do you want?"
>
>Great. Now, who actually implements these parts? Encore? DG?
>Tektronix? Someone else? And does anybody know if there is an upgraded
>X Window interface that covers X11R4 on the way?

DG implemented the Networking and X window standards in release 4.31 of
their DG/UX operating system.

>
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>Robert Claeson                  |Reasonable mailers: rclaeson@erbe.se
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>These opinions reflect my personal views and not those of my employer.


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