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From: terry@tah386.UUCP (Terry Hull)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: X under SV (Xenix) & vga
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Date: 2 Apr 89 02:23:39 GMT
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In article <28630@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> baggi@icsi.berkeley.edu (Denis L. Baggi) writes:
>I have seen already similar questions on this newsgroup, but never
>any answer.
>We'd like to have X-windows running on  a 386-based machine (with e.g. VGA)
>under System V (i.e., the latest SCO Xenix).

Currently, SCO is preparing to ship Xsight, a XENIX port of X11R2.  It
should be available by June or July.  (SCO is trying to get it
completed by May.)  There are no other ports of X for XENIX that I am
aware of.  It does not seem like a good idea to do the port right now
since SCO UNIX 3.2 is supposed to be available within a few months.  I
would be interested in doing some of the work, but I'm involved in
another major project that will last another 3 months.  

Even though there are not ports of X for XENIX, there are several
ports of X for UNIX v3.2 though.  AT&T, Interactive, Bell Tech, and GSS all
have commercial products available.

From what I have read, the port to XENIX would be quite a lot of work.
It would be beneficial to a lot of people if someone had the time and
expertise to do the port and donate it to MIT so that it could be part
of the official distribution.  

-- 
Terry Hull 
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Kansas State University
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