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From: hartzell@boulder.Colorado.EDU (George Hartzell)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: X11R4 on DECstation
Message-ID: <17420@boulder.Colorado.EDU>
Date: 26 Feb 90 16:20:05 GMT
References: <2467@ektools.UUCP>
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Reply-To: hartzell@boulder.Colorado.EDU (George Hartzell)
Organization: MCD Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder
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In-reply-to: jgb@ektools.UUCP (Blose)

In article <2467@ektools.UUCP>, jgb@ektools (Blose) writes:
>I read in a recent posting that Version 4 is available on the DECstation
>3100.  I believe this is the workstation with the MIPS R3000 processor.
>If this is the case, how is it that Version 4 is available on DEC's
>equipment while it remains unavailable on MIPS workstations?  (we have a
>MIPS RC2030 with X11V3 - not even V3.1!).
>

DEC (as part of the X consortium?) helped the people at MIT who were
developing a server for the DECstation.  This resulted in having a
high quality X11R4 server (src!) for the DECstation available at part
of the X11R4 release.  MIPS did not do this.  This was a major factor
in our decision to buy DECstations, even though our main departmental
machine is a MIPS M-2000.  We have a 2030, and like it a lot, but
liked the advantage of being able to work with the MIT X distribution.

>We are told that Version 4 will not be available for at least another
>half year.  What gives?

I don't think that MIPS is a member of the X consortium (someone want
to correct me?).  If that is so, they couldn't get a look at the R4
stuff until it was released, as opposed to the alpha and beta releases
that consortium members get access to.

g.

George Hartzell			                  (303) 492-4535
 MCD Biology, University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309
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