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From: dcr0@bunny.UUCP (David Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Macintosh X11 Server?
Message-ID: <6171@bunny.UUCP>
Date: 8 Sep 88 14:38:10 GMT
Organization: GTE Laboratories, Waltham, MA
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Has anyone implemented an X11 server that will run on a Macintosh under the
Macintosh operating system (NOT A/UX)?  I have this vague recollection of
having seen some mention of such a server within the last few months on
the net, but of course at that time I was not interested in remembering it.
Well, now my inquiring mind wants to know. :-)

My interest is simply in a server that would allow a Macintosh to be a terminal
speaking to X clients running on other machines.  I have no requirement for X
clients to run on the Macintosh itself along with the server; I suspect that
would be asking just too much of the Mac OS.  I would, however, expect the
server to be Multifinder-compatible and to be functionally similar, aside from
the obvious differences, to, say, a VT100 emulator on the Mac.

And I'm not really particular about how the server would communicate with the
other machines.  The serial port is certainly one possibility.  AppleTalk
is another (our AppleTalk is linked to Ethernet through a Kinetics box).  And
we have a few Mac IIs hanging directly off the Ethernet.  I'm sure I remember
hearing about TCP/IP implementations under the Mac OS.

I will be happy to summarize for the net the responses I get, if any, and if
anyone else is interested in such a summary.


Dave Robbins                    GTE Laboratories Incorporated
drobbins@gte.com                40 Sylvan Rd.
...!harvard!bunny!drobbins      Waltham, MA 02254
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Dave Robbins                    GTE Laboratories Incorporated
drobbins@gte.com                40 Sylvan Rd.
...!harvard!bunny!drobbins      Waltham, MA 02254