Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!oliveb!amiga!boing!dale From: dale@boing.UUCP (Dale Luck) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: X11 for Amiga, Announcement Warning Message-ID: <727@boing.UUCP> Date: 2 May 89 15:18:46 GMT References: <722@boing.UUCP> <491@pai.UUCP> Reply-To: dale@boing.UUCP (Dale Luck) Distribution: na Organization: Boing, Milpitas, Ca. Lines: 87 In article <491@pai.UUCP> erc@pai.UUCP (Eric Johnson) writes: >In article <722@boing.UUCP>, dale@boing.UUCP (Dale Luck) writes: >> >> X11 Released for the Amiga Computer >> ----------------------------------- > >1) Will this run on an Amiga 500? Amiga 2000? Yes, the machines are essentially identical. >2) How much extra RAM should one have to run X11? (I have yet to buy 1 meg of mem is required to get the server and display up. There is plenty of memory left for several remote clients. Local clients really need extra memory. A three meg system is a very usable system. >an Amiga. Being able to run X11--and develop X11 programs, will >probably sell me permanently on the Amiga.) Anyway, what hardware >will I need? You will need 5 megs of mass storage for the current distribution which includes all the R2 fonts and many clients. >3) Will I need an Ethernet card? Nope, however you will be able to run only the clients and utilities we have provided since the link libraries and toolkits are still under development. They are being ported to the Lattice 5.+ environment. >do I need an Ethernet >card and software to run a local X server and local clients, or can >I just use a stock Amiga? As I said no ethernet is necessary. I have a preliminary version that also supports Syndesis's DECnet and all the hardware it used was the serial port. >> It supports displays up to 1008x1024 on a special monitor >> as well as resolutions down to 640x480 on lower cost monitors. >4) What special monitor is this? Also, will X11 run on the >standard Amiga monitor with standard Amiga video, or will I need >a special graphics hardware system/monitor? The A2024 monitor that we all are still waiting for from Commodore is one that will support it, as well as the Viking 1 monitor from Moniterm. The Viking 1 is a 19" 1008x800 two bitplane (4 grey scales) display. No extra hardware is required. 1Meg of chip memory is very useful though. Also to support that big of display requires more than the 1M in an A2000. Yes, X will run on a standard amiga monitor. It supports interlace and non interlace displays so people with flickerfixers get a nice rock steady display. >5) Since below you seem to state that X runs on its own Amiga >(software) "screen," will I be able to get a GenLock device and >transfer my X graphics to Video tape? (This would be great fun.) Should be no problem at all. It is just another Amigados application. >6) Does the system come with xwd? (You mentioned xpr. I usually want to >grab my images digitally so I can edit them later, rather than just >print them out.) Yes, xwd is included (xwd = X Window Dumper) >7) Any chance for cut and paste between Amiga windows and X windows? Not likely in the near future. >> Xlib and Xt libraries are planned for introduction later this >> year. >8) How much will this X development system cost? To me, X isn't that >useful unless I can develop code for it. Price has not been established yet. The initial release was geared to people that needed an alternative to limited use X Terminals and expensive Unix based workstations. >Eric F. Johnson | Phone +1 612-894-0313 | Are we >12201 Wood Lake Drive | UUCP: sun!tundra!pai!erc | fun -- Dale Luck GfxBase/Boing, Inc. {uunet!cbmvax|pyramid}!amiga!boing!dale