jmoore@dtix.arpa (Jim Moore) (01/18/89)
I have been reading the XWindows release notes.....do you know that the core system is 30M? There is over 90M of software there!!! (including the supported and unsupported utils). Question: when does a software interface become TOO big? Jim Moore jmoore@dtix The Navy sinks ships, I have opinions. "Uh-oh....the program worked the first time....now what do I do?" -------
uucigj@swbatl.UUCP (3531) (08/25/89)
I thought that I read some time ago that X windows has been ported to the
Amiga. I was wondering if someone could varify this? If this has been
done, and someone has tried it what is it like (speed wise). Was the
implementation just a X server or both? It seems that if this has been
done then it would do very well as an X terminal. Better so, than the
stand alone X terminals, because of the expandability at around the same
price. I understand that the Amiga by it self is a decent machine, I would
like to see it make it into the business world, at least as a expandable X
terminal (dare I say workstation). Has this been a thought?
Gregg Jensen
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---------------------------------------------------------------------- kevin@cbmvax.UUCP (Kevin Klop) (08/26/89)
In article <753@swbatl.UUCP> uucigj@swbatl.UUCP (3531) writes: >I thought that I read some time ago that X windows has been ported to the >Amiga. I was wondering if someone could varify this? It most certainly has been done and is available from GfxBase (Dale Luck). >If this has been >done, and someone has tried it what is it like (speed wise). Was the >implementation just a X server or both? I seem to recall that it is both a client and a server, but I may be wrong. -- Kevin -- ---------- Kevin Klop {uunet|rutgers|amiga}!cbmvax!kevin Commodore-Amiga, Inc. The number, 111-111-1111 has been changed. The new number is: 134-253-2452-243556-678893-3567875645434-4456789432576-385972 Disclaimer: _I_ don't know what I said, much less my employer.
xanthian@well.UUCP (Kent Paul Dolan) (08/26/89)
In article <753@swbatl.UUCP> uucigj@swbatl.UUCP (3531) writes:
=>I thought that I read some time ago that X windows has been ported to the
=>Amiga. I was wondering if someone could varify this? If this has been
=>done, and someone has tried it what is it like (speed wise). Was the
=>implementation just a X server or both? It seems that if this has been
=>done then it would do very well as an X terminal. Better so, than the
=>stand alone X terminals, because of the expandability at around the same
=>price. I understand that the Amiga by it self is a decent machine, I would
=>like to see it make it into the business world, at least as a expandable X
=>terminal (dare I say workstation). Has this been a thought?
=>
=>
=> Gregg Jensen
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=> These opinions are my own and do not necessarily reflect my companies.
=> Southwestern Bell Telephone
=> Send E-MAIL to the following address...
=> uucigj@swbatl.sbc.com
=> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Unix Today, mentions in "X Building Blocks", 10 July 1989, page 6:
(Quoted without permission)
"GfxBase, Milpitas, Calif (408-262-1469), came up with a color X-Window
system for Commodore's Amiga series that coexits with the native windowing
system of the machine's Amigados (sic) operating system. Color Amiga X11 can
actually run within a pull down screen on the Amiga, the company said.
"The X11.3 implementation supports TCP/IP and DECnet protocols over Ethernet
or a serial line, as well as the Amiga standard local message for local
connections.
"The system uses 5 MBytes of hard disk or NFS partition space, plus 1 MByte
of RAM for the server software that controls a 640 x 400 resolution display.
"Company officials said the product brings X-Windows to one of the
lowest-priced computers in the world. It has been tested with X clients
running on DEC's VAX, Sun workstations, and Apollo and Hewlett-Packard
equipment, as well as several others, the company said."
Now you know what I know; I hope this helps!
well!xanthian
Kent, the man from xanth, now just another echo from The Well.