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From: mckay@ea.ecn.purdue.edu.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: NeWS for the ST!
Message-ID: <484@ea.ecn.purdue.edu>
Date: Sat, 12-Sep-87 16:21:30 EDT
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Posted: Sat Sep 12 16:21:30 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 13-Sep-87 08:41:52 EDT
Reply-To: mckay@ea.ecn.purdue.edu (Dwight D Mckay)
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Do the folks who are suggesting a port of X for the ST know that NeWS has
already been ported to the ST?

That's right, Sun's NeWS window system has been ported to the ST by some
folks at Sun.  I've seen pictures of it.  And my Sun salesman claims Sun is
undecided about what to do with.

So..

	1) If you want NeWS, put some pressure on your local Sun
representative.  I'm trying to get a copy of NeWS for the ST from mine.

	2) Big window systems *can* be ported to the ST.  The folks
considering the X port should be happy to know it can be done.  Having both
would put the Atari ST way ahead in terms of offering standard window
interfaces.

--Dwight Mckay, ECN Workstation Software Support
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