Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!ames!mike From: mike@ames.UUCP (Mike Smithwick) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Help: definitions and terminology Message-ID: <1346@ames.UUCP> Date: Wed, 22-Apr-87 18:58:26 EST Article-I.D.: ames.1346 Posted: Wed Apr 22 18:58:26 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 24-Apr-87 05:31:05 EST References: Reply-To: mike@ames.UUCP (Mike Smithwick) Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. Lines: 38 Keywords: Leo Schwab uses Gotos!! In article <1710@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP> grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) writes: > > Any info on who did the NeWS port for the ST? I shouldn't be too > hard to port from the ST to the Amiga. It might be pretty intersting > when the Ameristar ethernet boards and software become readily > available. > >Oh well, back to my *hardware* responsibilities... >-- >George Robbins - now working for, uucp: {ihnp4|seismo|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr The ST port of NeWs was done by Sun engineers to prove how easy it was to port over to different machines. It was never meant to be a product of any sort, although it has drawn alot of interest. Many companies have bought source licenses (such as Microsoft, and Apollo) to adapt it to their machines, so I wouldn't be surprised to see someone bring it up on an Amiga. Last week Sun announced their plans to merge X.11 with SunNeWS. They have an X.10 demo running, but '10 apparently has BIG problems, so they're waiting for '11. Anyway, for the unintiated, SunNeWS is supposed to be a "machine independent" windowing system, based on PostScript(tm). There is a Postscsript server resident on the workstation accepting PS binaries across the net for display. Using this the user can custom design the look of the entire scsreen, from width of the window borders, to location of the winbdow dittle. I was shown one window modeled after the Macintosh, and another which looked like the more traditional (read boring) Sun window. The real utility of SunNeWS comes in the ability of a remote task to drive a window display.That is, if I am running an Amiga from my home talking to a Sun at work, any windowed tasks can be based on the Sun, while generating objects, windows and menus at home. -- *** mike (powered by M&Ms) smithwick *** "ever felt like life was a game, and someone gave you the wrong instruction book?"