Xref: utzoo comp.sys.amiga:19944 comp.sys.amiga.tech:970 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bbn!uwmcsd1!ig!agate!eos!ames!oliveb!amiga!boing!dale From: dale@boing.UUCP (Dale Luck) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Xwindow or NeWS on the amiga Keywords: Xwindow NeWS Message-ID: <326@boing.UUCP> Date: 13 Jun 88 07:24:19 GMT References: Reply-To: dale@boing.UUCP (Dale Luck) Organization: Boing, Milpitas, Ca. Lines: 32 In article melnik@topaz.rutgers.edu (Ofer Melnik) writes: > >Has anyone thaught of Implementing Xwindow or NeWS on an amiga? Yes, I am nearing alpha release of a monochrome only version of X. Runs on standard amigas, and supports the new a2024 1008x800 b/w monitor. >Would it be possible to do? Yes, it is possible, but there is lot's of work to get it right. X Was designed to run on a unix systems, and the release source from mit assumes sockets and a lot of other unix like things. Fortunately amigados is part of the way there. Multitasking is the major thing that actually makes is worthwhile since you can run local clients while serving remote clients. ( I know almost *nothing* about either, >so if it's a stupid question, just laugh at me & forget it) It is not a stupid question. Glad you asked. >Ofer Melnik > -- Dale Luck Boing, Inc. Although I do contract work for Amiga-LosGatos, my opinions probably don't represent those of Commodore or its management or it's engineers, but I think the world would be a better place if they did.