Xref: utzoo comp.sys.atari.st:35325 comp.sys.atari.st.tech:1486 Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!rex!samsung!spool.mu.edu!news.cs.indiana.edu!msi.umn.edu!cs.umn.edu!thelake!steve From: steve@thelake.mn.org (Steve Yelvington) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.atari.st.tech Subject: Re: No More Mac ROMs? Message-ID: Date: 19 Feb 91 05:05:20 GMT Followup-To: comp.sys.atari.st Lines: 21 [carter@cat27.cs.wisc.edu writes ... ] > I really don't think so. First of all the implementation is > not really ST accessable. Mainly because as so many other people > have pointed out it uses the Motif/X Release 4 interface which is > so large that you people would need 4 megs for just a good (complete) > implementation. And a 8Mhz 68000 running X is something I don't > want to think about using. Whoa! The Motif interface is not X! It's a user interface standard -- a ``look and feel.'' It's just a legal dodge to avoid Apple's lawyers. Implementing Motif doesn't require adhering to the programming strategies used on Unix workstations. Geoworks Ensemble licensed Motif for its windowing system and related applications designed for the 8088-era Intel-based PC clones. From all accounts it's small, fast, and what PC GEM should have been. ---- Steve Yelvington / P. O. Box 38 / Marine on St. Croix, MN 55047 USA INTERNET: steve@thelake.mn.org UUCP: plains!umn-cs!thelake!steve