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From: edward@ga.ecn.purdue.edu (Edward L Haletky)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.graphics
Subject: X on IBM PC
Message-ID: <347@ga.ecn.purdue.edu>
Date: 9 Mar 88 00:35:57 GMT
Reply-To: edward@ga.ecn.purdue.edu (Edward L Haletky)
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
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Okay,

My mail box is getting full of letters from people who are requesting the
same information. Here is what I have found out.

1) Several software house (mentioned in previous articles) have ported
   X to various PC's.

2) X is a unixed based program. In order to run it on a PC you would most
   likely need to be running a unix system. (Minix, Xenix, Unix PC may
   be adequate.) X makes unix system level calls. You would also need lots
   of disk space to hold the X system. Plus lots of memory. A virtual
   machine is the best bet (386, 68020 boxes).

3) To port such a beast to a PC would require C compiler that can handle
   all the Unix system calls. I do not know one that can. (possibly MSC.)

			Good-Luck to any one who wants to port.

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