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From: zazula@uazhe0.physics.arizona.edu (RALPH ZAZULA)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: PC X Windows
Message-ID: <1991Mar21.155409.476@arizona.edu>
Date: 21 Mar 91 21:52:44 GMT
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In article <1991Mar21.030710.502@saturn.uucp>, martin@saturn.uucp (Martin J. Schedlbauer) writes...
>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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Has Quarterdeck given any hints as to what the pricing will be for
DesqView/X?  How about people who have DesqView right now, can we
upgrade to DesqView/X?  

thanks,
Ralph

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