Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bu-cs!bzs
From: bzs@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Barry Shein)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: X Server for INTEL 82786 ?
Message-ID: <20079@bu-cs.BU.EDU>
Date: 21 Feb 88 22:05:15 GMT
References: <242*zeller@strati.ethz.ch>
Organization: Boston U. Comp. Sci.
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In-reply-to: zeller@strati.ethz.ch's message of 20 Feb 88 16:11:00 GMT



>Recently I heard a rumour of an X implementation supporting the 82786
>Graphics Coprocessor from INTEL.
>Does anyone know more ? Thanks a lot in advance for any hint.

There was a company "Bell Technologies" (no relationship to the
companies descended from Alexander Graham as far as I can tell, this
one was in CA someplace) showing an X server running on a 386 (some
SysV Unixoid no doubt) using the 82786 graphics co-processor on a
1260x1600 19" Monochrome screen at UNIFORUM.

The speed and responsiveness seemed quite impressive, don't remember
noticing if it was X10 or X11. The show price, with the screen, board
and software, was $995 (you roll your own 386 system.) I guess it's
more like $2K other times which still seems very good.

I certainly did not see enough of this product to recommend it but it
does seem worth looking into further if you are interested in such
things.

	-Barry Shein, Boston University