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From: martin@saturn.uucp (Martin J. Schedlbauer)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: PC X Windows
Message-ID: <1991Mar21.030710.502@saturn.uucp>
Date: 21 Mar 91 03:07:10 GMT
References: <9103112137.AB17929@expo.lcs.mit.edu> <1991Mar17.180104.1653@grebyn.com>
Reply-To: martin@saturn.UUCP (Martin J. Schedlbauer)
Organization: Martin Schedlbauer, Billerica, MA 01862 (USA)
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In article <1991Mar17.180104.1653@grebyn.com> ckp@grebyn.com (Checkpoint Technologies) writes:
>In article <9103112137.AB17929@expo.lcs.mit.edu> HAYS%POGUN@dupont.COM ("Randy L. Hays, Ponca ATD, ETN 442-5073") writes:
>>Has anyone ported the X window system to the PC?  Can a PC application be 
>>developed that uses X as its display facility?  I haven't seen one around and 
>>was wondering if one exists.
>
>None exist for MS-DOS, and none will.  X Windows depends heavily on the
>ability to multi-task, and MS-DOS doesn't.
>

I have seen and played with DesqView/X. It is a true implementation of Xlib
R3 (I believe), Motif 1.0, and Open Look/XView. Quarterdeck has implemented
sockets and other comm stuff needed by X on top of their multi-tasking version
of DOS, called DesqView/386.

It works and as far as I can tell it works surpringly well. To increase your
chances of running Unix X programs (large memory model) you can use a 386
DOS extender.

DesqView/X comes with many of the standard MIT clients. 

It does allow you to run DOS programs in X terms and even MS Windows at the
same time.

*Works fine with TCP/IP over a network.

I saw them connect a Sun 3 and a 386 laptop using DesqView/X.


	...Martin


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