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From: rminnich@super.ORG (Ronald G Minnich)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Memory and the A2024 Hedley monitor.
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Date: 25 Aug 88 17:59:16 GMT
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In article <12011@cisunx.UUCP> ejkst@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu (Eric J. Kennedy) writes:
>Pardon me if I seem to be belaboring the point, but...ah...just what do
>you _do_ with it?  I've never seen X or NeWS on another machine, just
>read brief descriptions.  Is this something that will aid in porting
>code from other machines to run on the amiga, without having to convert
Two things to do with. 
   First, all those neat X programs will now
run on an Amiga. And the hypertext system that is being written 
for NeWS will run on an amiga (if it is less than 8 MB, that is).
So, once the X product is released, all those neat X programs 
run on the Amiga. So much for the 'intuition is so non-standard'
complaint. Amiga now runs a standard windows system.
   Second, since both are server-type windows systems (unlike, e.g, 
suntools and intuition) you can run a program on a remote host 
that talks to X on your local host. Like right now, i am running
X on a sun that is talking to X clients (xterm, xload) on several 
other hosts. 
   So you get the best of both worlds with either system. X is a lot
more real of a product, so i am currently more interested in that, 
esp. if it sounds like a good implementation. In theory NeWS looks
a lot better, but it is beginning to look like it has lost the race.
There are LOTS of X-based products in the pipe.
   One thing i hope C= does is positions the A500 as the cheapest 
X terminal around. That would be neat. For the price of a smart terminal
($1000 or so) you can get a machine that talks X. Replace all your
terminals with X servers! Fun. That ought to be very attractive to
universities- esp. if C= makes the Amiga X sources available
for nominal fee.
   But when will X come out? Commodore?? any hints?
ron