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From: TPC@BNR.BITNET (Thomas  Chmara, T.P.)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: X11 Image Sizes -- need info
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Date: 6 Jan 88 18:24:00 GMT
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I am not sure that the xpert mailing list is the right place for this,
but the xport mailing list keeps bouncing my messages...

I am trying to determine the image sizes for X11, to determine
requirements for our system.  We are porting X11 to a proprietary
SysV lookalike which does NOT support demand paging.

I'm looking for the core size (I guess some would call it the "virtual
size" -- the amount of physical memory required on a non-paging system)
of each of the following:
-  the server (initially, the sample server)
-  XTERM
-  UWM
Text sizes (i.e. sharable code) would also be appreciated.

The above question leads to a few others, questions which might be
a bit harder to answer:
1) What is the minimal port possible (i.e. smallest core size) for these?
   (I guess a better question is:  has anyone done a more limited port?)
2) What am I giving up in going to such a port?
3) What kind of space requirements do backing store, bitmap fonts, etc
   add to my system?  What kind of performance hit do I take if I don't
   have them?

Many thanks...

TPC@BNR

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Tom Chmara
Dept 7R33
Bell-Northern Research
P.O. Box 3511
Stn C, Ottawa, ONTARIO, CANADA