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From: tristram@conan.asd.sgi.com
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Subject: Re: Second Graphics Console
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Date: 29 Jan 91 18:39:42 GMT
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In-Reply-To: portuesi@tweezers.esd.sgi.com's message of 29 Jan 91 12:30:46

In article <PORTUESI.91Jan29123046@tweezers.esd.sgi.com> portuesi@tweezers.esd.sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) writes:

   >>>>> On 29 Jan 91 14:05:07 GMT, jit@SLIC.CELLBIO.DUKE.EDU (Jit Keong Tan) said:

   > portuesi@sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) said:

   >> You can use an X terminal with an IRIS just as you would with any
   >> other computer system.

   > Does this imply that IRIX 4.0 will be able to handle a second console
   > because the window server will be X window and that NeWS will be
   > a client running on top of X window ?

   There will be no NeWS server in IRIX 4.0.  The X server in IRIX 4.0
   will allow you to have multiple multiple displays running off the same
   server.

It is also likely that future hardware will someday support multiple
consoles, ie. multiple (or at least two) graphics pipelines and
display monitors running from the same Iris, but that is not part of
IRIX 4.0.

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David Tristram			
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