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From: alex@umbc3.UMD.EDU (Alex S. Crain)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: X on 3b1
Message-ID: <652@umbc3.UMD.EDU>
Date: 24 Dec 87 17:41:57 GMT
References: <2422@oxtrap.UUCP>
Reply-To: alex@umbc3.UMD.EDU (Alex S. Crain)
Organization: University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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In article <2422@oxtrap.UUCP> rich@oxtrap.UUCP writes:
>I keep looking at the portable X11 server and thinking...  With gcc up
>on 3b1...

Is gcc up on the 3b1? I had heard rumors of people trying to port it, but no
one confirmed the port. If so I would like to get diffs/instructions/advice
on doing the port. I have run gcc happily on a vax and have the source resident
on the 3b1 now, but I haven't seriously attacked it yet.

What I found attractive about X.11 was the sysV Makefile.

>2) Can anyone provide this information?  eg, addresses, techniques,
>sample code?

mee too! mee too! I would really like to replace the window manager, but the
harware mysteries are a real problem.

>4) Has any of this been done already?

I tend to doubt it, as X.10 was pretty BSD dependent.

>5) Anyone want to help?

Sure. I don't have time for the whole project, but I will gladly contribute
time to a group project.

[lots of stuff about 3b1 limitations deleted]

What I find really attractive about X is the concept of setting up an IBM clone
as an X client for real cheap color graphics without the agony of having to
actually work on an 80x86 box. I fear that the small screen size of the 3b1
would be a serious limitation but perhaps a 9600 baud connection between the
server & client might work, providing the option of reletively cheap color
graphics. None the less, the X primitives should allow more efficient use of 
the current screen, ie. windows without 1/2" borders.

any more thoughts?





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					:alex.

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