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From: nazgul@apollo.uucp (Kee Hinckley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: X-windows for the Mac? (question)
Message-ID: <383ec1cf.b0a1@apollo.uucp>
Date: Mon, 2-Nov-87 20:33:00 EST
Article-I.D.: apollo.383ec1cf.b0a1
Posted: Mon Nov  2 20:33:00 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 6-Nov-87 22:17:14 EST
References: <16518@gatech.edu> <3083@husc6.UUCP>
Reply-To: nazgul@apollo.UUCP (Kee Hinckley)
Organization: Apollo Computer, Chelmsford, MA
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In article <3083@husc6.UUCP> stew@endor.UUCP (Stew Rubenstein) writes:
> In article <16518@gatech.edu> royt@gatech.UUCP (Roy M Turner) writes:
> >This is probably a pointless question, but is there or is there likely to 
> >be a version of X-windows for the Mac?
> 
> Yes, for certain it'll be part of A/UX.  That may mean that the
> impetus will be there to port it to the current Mac O/S.

There is at least one non A/UX port too as well, I think someone at MIT
was doing it.  However I doubt that you will see any port that will work
over a modem.  Even at 9600 baud I doubt the throughput would be terribly
good.
                                           -nazgul
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