Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!portal!atari!daisy!klee
From: klee@daisy.UUCP (Ken Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.misc
Subject: Re: server size
Message-ID: <877@daisy.UUCP>
Date: 1 Mar 88 20:33:29 GMT
References: <1722@gumby.mips.COM>
Reply-To: klee@daisy.UUCP (Ken Lee)
Organization: Daisy Systems Corp., Mountain View, Ca.
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Yes, server size is a big problem on little machines.  NeWS is normally
much faster than X on Suns, but I tried it on a 2MB Sun 3/50 once and
NeWS crawled.  X was worse.  I think you need at least 4MB, preferably
8MB or more, to run a server based window system.  On smaller systems,
you're probably better off using kernel based window systems like
SunWindows (aka Suntools, SunView1).

On my current system, a MicroVax, I have this:

	% size /usr/bin/X 
	text    data    bss     dec     hex
	332800  31744   21972   386516  5e5d4

This is the qdss X server.

Ken