gohel@screamer.csee.usf.edu (Himanshu Gohel) (10/24/90)
>>Message-ID: <882@h.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu> >>Organization: WVU Statistics and Computer Science >> >>There has been some talk about X-windows or an X-windows envrionment >>for the amiga as of late, but it seems as though I missed some of >>the postings. Could someone please fill me in? *IS* X-windows available >>for a non-unix amiga? Is it public domain? Where can I get it? If >>not public domain, how much? >> >>Thanks in advance, >> >>J Parker <<From: quimbyjs@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Jeff Quimby) <<Message-ID: <14403@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <<Organization: Purdue University << <<Hey! Can Amiga support X windows? If so, where can I get it? << << -Jeff In response to the above (and a few others), here's something I picked up at SIGGRAPH '90: ------Beginning of quoted text------ X WINDOW SYSTEM(tm) Programmer's Toolkit Version 11 Release 4 for the Amiga(r) Computer Preliminary Product Description ------------------------------- THE X WINDOW SYSTEM PROGRAMMER'S TOOLKIT is an implementation of the Version 11 X Window System client programming interface from the MIT X Window Consortium. [blah, blah] THE PROGRAMMER'S TOOLLKIT consists of the MIT XLIB INTERFACE LIBRARIES including the higher level MIT X INTRINSIC LIBRARY adapted to compile native Amiga clients using the Lattice(tm) 5.0 C Compiler. Clients developed with this system on the Amiga communicate with the "X11 for the Amiga" local server or with other X-Window host servers through networking interfaces available for the Amiga. PROGRAMMER'S TOOLKIT CAPABILITIES --------------------------------- Standard Libraries: Xlib,Xt,Xaw,Xmu,BSD socket library,X11 include files,Miscellaneous UNIX functions library,Xau. [blah, blah] RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS --------------------- Mass storage: Complete system requires 4Megs of hard disk or NFS partition RAM: 3Megs of RAM are required for client development, more if server runs concurrently. Availability: Sep 1, 1990 GfxBase 1881 Ellwell Dr. Milpitas, CA 95035 Tel (408) 262-1469 Usenet: boing!dale Bix: duck ------End of qouted text------ P.S. I don't get kick-backs from GfxBase! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Himanshu J. Gohel | gohel@sol.csee.usf.edu | Where can I buy a .signature USF #3140, Tampa | gohel@sunrise.ec.usf.edu | for cheap? FL 33620-3140 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------