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From: gaf@uucs1.UUCP (gaf)
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Subject: Re: X questions
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Date: 1 Feb 90 21:44:00 GMT
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Roger Gonzalez writes:
>If I get the X distribution from MIT, could it be built (easily)
>on a HP-UX system and/or MS-DOS?  How long does it take to set up
>a working X server?

Yes, it can be built easily on HP-UX version 6.5 or later.  That is one of
the supported platforms.  The libraries rely on several Berkeley function
calls and structures, so whatever you port X to will have to have them
(e.g. select(), gettimeofday(), readv() & writev(), ioctl() support of
FIONREAD, etc).  Release 4 (X11R4), just out, has the binaries to build an
HP server.  Have LOTS of disk space at the ready, though (tens of megabytes).

I wouldn't recommend trying to build a DOS server by hand.  Several DOS
servers are commercially available for ~$400 (a reasonable price given
what they do).
-- 
Guy Finney					It's that feeling of deja-vu
UUCS inc.   Phoenix, Az				all over again.
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