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From: richard@aiai.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: OS cost component of workstation
Message-ID: <3730@skye.ed.ac.uk>
Date: 9 Nov 90 16:19:43 GMT
References: <2840@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> <1990Nov6.222057.17797@ico.isc.com> <239@csinc.UUCP>
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In article <239@csinc.UUCP> rpeglar@csinc.UUCP (Rob Peglar) writes:
>1kx768?  It is a myth that 1kx768 resolution is necessary for X.

That depends what you want X for.  You could run X on a 100x100
monchrome screen, but it wouldn't be much use.

>For X, color ability and monitor capability is key, not resolution. 

No.  For displaying images, that may be the key.  *I* want X so that I
can have multiple text windows, with two readable 80x66 windows
side-by-side.  And for that, 1024x768 is barely adequate.

-- Richard
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