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From: farrell@pangea.Stanford.EDU (Phil Farrell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: X on Mac Classic?
Keywords: x window classic
Message-ID: <1990Dec14.182115.20821@morrow.stanford.edu>
Date: 14 Dec 90 18:21:15 GMT
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In article <Dec.14.10.35.33.1990.8536@elbereth.rutgers.edu> rgonzal@elbereth.rutgers.edu (Ralph Gonzalez) writes:
>Has anyone tried MacX or eXodus (are these the two non-A/UX XWindow
>options for Macs?) on a Classic?  I'm interested in doing some
>very basic development at home, and speed is not too important.
>I can upgrade the memory and disk space as needed.  Thanks.
>-Ralph
>rgonzal@chowder.rutgers.edu

I am running MacX right now on my plain old Macintosh SE, which I 
understand is basically the same as the Mac Classic.  I am connected
by LocalTalk through a FastPath bridge to the ethernet.  Speed is 
adequate for character based applications or simple bitmaps (like xdvi).
Animated windows are verrrry slow.

-Phil Farrell, Computer Systems Manager
Stanford University School of Earth Sciences
farrell@pangea.stanford.edu