Xref: utzoo comp.sys.amiga:19998 comp.sys.amiga.tech:976 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!oliveb!pyramid!prls!philabs!sbcs!root From: root@sbcs.sunysb.edu (root) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Xwindow or NeWS on the amiga Summary: Amiga NeWS will be marketed Keywords: Xwindow NeWS Message-ID: <1330@sbcs.sunysb.edu> Date: 13 Jun 88 11:34:46 GMT References: <9767@oberon.USC.EDU> Organization: State University of New York at Stony Brook Lines: 33 In article <9767@oberon.USC.EDU>, papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) writes: > In article melnik@topaz.rutgers.edu (Ofer Melnik) writes: > News was implemented about a year ago by one of the NeWS source licensees. Yes, I did the port. > Since re-licensing NeWS currently REQUIRES a $ 25,000 up-front licensing fee > it will probably never be marketed. Not true. Ameristar will start marketing the product sometime this fall. The $25K figure is correct.. > > A version of MIT's X Window System, version 11, release 2, running under > AmigaDOS has been under development by Dale Luck, "famed Amiga wizard", and > counting on the type of messages he is posting on comp.windows.x is pretty > far ahead, though currently supports only monochrome and Ameristar's > Ethernet card. I think Dale can be reached at ...!boing!dale. Dale Xwindows port can use MsgPorts for server <-> client communications and may be used without the Ameristar Internet package. > > -- Marco Papa 'Doc' > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > uucp:...!pollux!papa BIX:papa ARPAnet:pollux!papa@oberon.usc.edu > "There's Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Diga!" -- Leo Schwab [quoting Rick Unland] > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rick Spanbauer SUNY/Stony Brook (& Ameristar)