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From: s883334@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (James Alan Hall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: X for the ST?  (Unix Windows)
Message-ID: <1991Jun13.034044.27746@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au>
Date: 13 Jun 91 03:40:44 GMT
References: <1991Jun10.124327.12647@mailer.cc.fsu.edu>
Organization: RMIT Computer Centre, Melbourne Australia.
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From article <1991Jun10.124327.12647@mailer.cc.fsu.edu>, by boyd@nu.cs.fsu.edu (Mickey Boyd):
> In article <2392@netmbx.UUCP>, perstoro@netmbx.UUCP (Wilhelm Schaefer) writes:
>>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!
>>
>>On the other hand there is a programm called UW (unix windows).
>>I think it was designed for the mac first, but it has been 
>>ported to the st by someone.
>>
> 
> Unix Windows is not related to X in any way (other than coincidental 
> appearance).  It is a great program, which allows one to have muliplexed 
> terminals over one serial line (the terminals are in the form of windows).
> You can set font sizes, cut and paste, file transfer, etc.  It consists of 
> an ST end and a Unix end (which must be compiled for your particular system).
> [ additional comments deleted ]
 
 Unix Windows is very good. Just one important facet you forgot to mention:
its needs BSD flavoured unix to run. Those like myself with SysV will have
to wait till someone rewrites the whole package for it.
 
> As for an X server on the ST line, I don't envision it happening any time 
> soon.  With Ethernet cards so scarce, and 9600 baud modems still in the 
> $500 range there is not a very high demand for one.  Don't get me wrong, I 
> would love to have one (and if you find out about one, I will be happy to 
> eat my words).  You could probably direct-connect the serial port and run 
> it at 19.2 using a SLIP connection.  

 There is at least one X server package for the St. Its made by a German
company, and sold with their ethernet adaptor. I can't find my documentation
on it at the moment, but as soon as I do I'll post details about it
(unless someone else does it for me). 

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