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From: bob@allosaur.cis.ohio-state.edu (Bob Sutterfield)
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Subject: Re: Monitors: What Next?
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In article <1437@mas1.UUCP> jdn@mas1.UUCP (Jeff Nisewanger) writes:
>The thing I'm skeptical about is how Next Step etc. will fit with
>X11. I'm not sure X11 can be implemented for NeXT unless you go
>directly to the display hardware. I don't think Display Postscript
>supports the traditional Rasterop combinations required for X.

Why not do like Sun did with NeWS 1.[01] and X 10.4 and write an X11
protocol engine in PostScript?  Sun's was little more than a proof-of-
concept, but with a little careful attention (and the added horsepower
of the NeXT box) it could be useful.
-=-
Zippy sez,								--Bob
When this load is DONE I think I'll wash it AGAIN..