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From: brotzman@nssdcb.gsfc.nasa.gov (Lee E. Brotzman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: X-server for IBM-PC
Summary: Wait for Desqview X
Keywords: X-server,Xwindows,ethernet
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Date: 7 Feb 91 14:39:39 GMT
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In article <1991Feb6.222525.2376@cec1.wustl.edu>, dale@cec2.wustl.edu (Dale Frye) writes...
>In article <1991Feb06.182955.20490@eecs.wsu.edu> akempka@eecs.wsu.edu writes:
>>
>>I am in search of a software package that will work with an
>>IBM-PC (or compat.) and an ethernet card to simulate X-windows.
> 
>We use Hummingbird Exceedp Plus. Works great. Will do 256 colors.
>Just announced a version that runs inside a Microsoft window. (Waiting
>for my copy!!)

   I just went to a sales demo for Exceed.  I wasn't impressed.  The 
program bombed inexplicably twice.  The salesman said it must have run 
out of memory, although we only had two windows open and we were 
running on a 4 Megabyte 386 machine.  Exceed won't open multiple local 
DOS sessions. The salesman said we would need a multitasking DOS, and 
there was no such thing, which is bull.
   Call Quarterdeck and get some info on DESQview/X (213-392-9851).
The major drawback right now is that they aren't quite shipping it yet,
but I plan on waiting for it and at least check it out before plunking 
many hundreds of dollars on another product.
   The DESQview/X end user product includes an "X server, window 
manager and several graphical utilities such as an application 
manager" (quoted from their Technical Overview brochure). OSF/Motif and 
Open Look window managers will be available.
   Quarterdeck was planning to ship first quarter '91, but it looks to 
me like it will be at least 2nd quarter.  Probably worth the wait.

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