jejones@mcrware.UUCP (James Jones) (03/19/88)
In article <2940@slovax.UUCP>, dale@slovax.UUCP (Dale L. Thomas) writes: > I don't think > OS-9 or Minix can support X, you need BSD sockets. OS-9/68000 got sockets so it could do Ethernet stuff, so *that* shouldn't be a problem any more. James Jones [This posting dusted with lemon-freshened DISCLAIMO to free it of any opinion of any organization save a bunch of cells that go under the name of James Jones.]
avy@yugas.UUCP (Avy MOISE) (03/21/88)
In article <615@mcrware.UUCP>, jejones@mcrware.UUCP (James Jones) writes: > In article <2940@slovax.UUCP>, dale@slovax.UUCP (Dale L. Thomas) writes: > > I don't think > > OS-9 or Minix can support X, you need BSD sockets. > > OS-9/68000 got sockets so it could do Ethernet stuff, so *that* shouldn't be a > problem any more. > > James Jones Does it imply that OS-9/68000 now supports X-Windows ? If so, does OS-9/68000 support VDI ? If so, can we port GEM applications (or VDI based applications) to OS-9/68000 ? If the answer to any of the above questions is YES, how does a poor OS-9/68000 user like me acquire X-Windows, VDI and GEM for OS-9/68000 ? Avygdor Moise -- Avygdor Moise, York University. (C.R.E.S.S.), Petrie Bldg. Rm 340, 4700 Keele St., North York, Ontario, Canada. M3J 1P3 UUCP: ...!nexus!yugas!avy Tel:1 416 736-5359 BITNET: "yugas!avy@.yunexus.bitnet"
koreth@panarthea.EBay.Sun.COM (Steven Grimm) (03/22/90)
In article <1990Mar20.233950.3630@pmsmam.uucp> wwm@pmsmam.UUCP (Bill Meahan) writes: >BTW, I REALLY LIKE the idea of merging something like Gemini with RTX or >some similar multi-tasking system. Sigh, just think if we could have >X11R4 ... Well, to run an X server (which, in X parlance, is the program that accepts commands for drawing windows and putting stuff in them, but doesn't actually determine what goes into them,) all you have to do is implement TCP/IP on the ST. That's already been done, in the KA9Q package. Then find a copy of the X protocol document and have at it. I'm pretty sure that a reasonable server implementation could be done on the ST. The problem, though, is that you'd need a much faster network connection than the serial port's 19.2Kbaud. X is not really concerned with conserving network bandwidth, so your X clients would display very slowly on the ST. If you have an Ethernet box hooked up to your DMA port, you'd probably be okay. To run X clients (xtank, xterm, xsol, etc.) on the ST, you would of course need a multitasking system. Not only that, but it'd have to be pretty close to UNIX-compatible, or you'd spend the rest of your life porting all the libraries and so forth. The obvious candidate is Minix. I'm not convinced that 4 megabytes is enough memory for all this, though -- X is not small. --- " !" - Marcel Marceau Steven Grimm Moderator, comp.{sources,binaries}.atari.st koreth@ebay.sun.com ...!sun!ebay!koreth
l86@nikhefh.nikhef.nl (Hugo Burm) (03/30/90)
Expires: References: <9003191155.AA17336@freya.math.dmswwu> <1990Mar20.233950.3630@pmsmam.uucp> <1364@male.EBay.Sun.COM> Sender: Reply-To: l86@nikhefh.nikhef.nl (Hugo Burm) Followup-To: Distribution: Organization: Nikhef-H, Amsterdam (the Netherlands). Keywords: Atari Germany has developed an Ethernet board for the Mega-ST. I have seen it at Cebit. They also ported TCP-IP software. Price of the board will be 1000 DM. A German company ported the X-server (only the server). They sold it to Atari. Price not yet known.