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From: gda@creare.UUCP (Gray Abbott)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: X Windows on a Mac AND 24 bit color
Keywords: X Windows, 24 bit color, Mac IIfx
Message-ID: <2147@creare.UUCP>
Date: 17 Feb 91 19:43:24 GMT
References: <13510@hacgate.UUCP>
Reply-To: gda@creare.UUCP (Gray Abbott)
Organization: Creare Inc., Hanover, NH
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I've got pretty much the same setup you discussed (SuperMac and Spectrum 24
card) and run MacX on AUX 2.0.  It works pretty well, except for needing
more memory than I can give it (I've got 8 Mbytes and that doesn't seem to
be enough).  Note that the full color capabilities of the Spectrum 24 don't
seem to be available - only 8 bit color.  This is probably due to the lack
of a driver for AUX.  The one I used under MacOS (SuperMac) doesn't work
under AUX, but the regular Monitor works for 8 bit color.

Also, I haven't looked into ungrading to the newer releases of AUX (2.1?) or
MacX - they may work better.