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From: ephraim@think.com (Ephraim Vishniac)
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Subject: Re: X windows on a Mac>
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Date: 22 Jun 91 16:45:53 GMT
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In article <markkj.677584031@ee.mu.OZ.AU> markkj@ee.mu.OZ.AU (Mark Johnston) writes:
>Ummm, I think that you will find that Mac-X is X.25 for Macs, _not_ X
>as in X-Windows...  To run X-Windows on the Mac, one needs to purchase AUX
>and the X-Windows package that runs under (?) AUX.

This response is completely wrong. MacX *is* an X-windows
implementation, and you do *not* need AUX to run it. 

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