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From: likos@clinet.fi (Johannis Likos)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: X for the ST?
Message-ID: <1991Jun10.190828.23016@clinet.fi>
Date: 10 Jun 91 19:08:28 GMT
References: <1991Jun10.055941.29027@agate.berkeley.edu>
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limsico@earthquake.Berkeley.EDU (Carl Limsico) Writes:


>	This Question Has Probably Already Been Asked Several Times, But 
>Here It Goes:  Does Anyone Know Of Any Type Of X-Window 
>Emulation/Server/Host For The St?  Please Either E-Mail Or Post 
>Replies!

>Carl
>Limsico@Ocf.Berkeley.Edu

X-Window-Server for ATARI ST/TT

Two german companies developed an X-Window-server for the
MC680X0-based ATARIs.
The one which I tested from the company X/software has been
sold to ATARI Deutschland GmbH.
It was very slow on the Mega ST, which was connected through
Ethernet to a Workstation-Network.
It worked (except few crashes) even with loadable X-fonts.
But for professional use not recommended, maybe on TT
I could get better results, but at that time was neither 
a TT nor a VME-network-card available.
This X-Window-Server is offered now (last CeBIT'91) by
the german ATARI subsidiary.
(incl. Mega-bus/VME-bus network interface)...
The other solution is offered by the company BioData GmbH,
the manufacturer of BioNet (I think the most reliable 
network system in ST/TT environment).
To this X-Window-Server I cannot give any statement, because
I never got the chance to test it.
From hardware side I can recommend BioNet, because it is one
of the few products, which allows network connectivity to
other ST/TT, PC, Mac and Unix (incl. FTP, Telnet, etc.).
BioNet is an external network interface with Ethernet (thick/thin)
and DMA (in/out) used by many german professionals companies.

likos@clinet.fi