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From: RWS@ZERMATT.LCS.MIT.EDU (Robert Scheifler)
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Subject: X11 on a Vaxstation 3200
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Date: 7 Aug 88 21:24:00 GMT
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    Date: 2 Aug 88 19:41:07 GMT
    From: solomon@speedy.cs.wisc.edu  (Marvin Solomon)

    Is anybody running X11R2 on a Vaxstation 3200 (also known as Microvax III)?  

Yes, but on an 8-plane system, not a 4-plane system.

    1.  It seems to have a storage leak somewhere.

We haven't tracked this down yet.

    I dimly recall a report of this problem on a Sun.  Was there any resolution
    to that problem?

My tests on a Sun have not yet produced any storage leaks.

    It seems to be the XDrawText() calls that are slow [to pixmaps].

Yes, the qdss server uses the MI code when drawing to pixmaps, and as a result
it is very slow.

    Second, gray scales other than black or white don't seem to work.  I tried
    XFillRectangle() with pixel values from 0 through 15.

If you didn't actually allocate any colors, then I'm not surprised it
didn't work, unless you actually created a StaticColor map and installed
it before drawing.

    I can't get XCopyPlane to work at all.

We've very recently fixed some problems here, but they haven't been fully
tested (e.g., I don't know if they fix the QDSS).