poser@csli.Stanford.EDU (Bill Poser) (02/07/90)
Can anyone tell me whether X11 has been ported to run on IBM-PC class machines (IBM or clone) under variants of UNIX (Xenix etc.)? Thanks.
mitchemt@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (02/08/90)
/* Written 12:29 am Feb 7, 1990 by poser@csli.Stanford.EDU in silver:comp.windows.x */ > /* ---------- "X11 on PC class machines under UNIX" ---------- */ > Can anyone tell me whether X11 has been ported to run on IBM-PC > class machines (IBM or clone) under variants of UNIX (Xenix etc.)? > Thanks. I dont think it has been ported to IBM PC (8086,8088) or compatibles. X requires a fair amount of compute power (most people say AT LEAST a 386). Someone please correct me if I'm wrong. Terrence Mitchem
ken@mm.uucp (Ken Seefried iii) (02/11/90)
In article <33500011@silver> mitchemt@silver.ucs.indiana.edu writes: > >/* Written 12:29 am Feb 7, 1990 by poser@csli.Stanford.EDU in silver:comp.windows.x */ >> Can anyone tell me whether X11 has been ported to run on IBM-PC >> class machines (IBM or clone) under variants of UNIX (Xenix etc.)? >> Thanks. > > I dont think it has been ported to IBM PC (8086,8088) or compatibles. > X requires a fair amount of compute power (most people say AT LEAST a 386). > Someone please correct me if I'm wrong. > Terrence Mitchem Your wrong...at least partially. We have in house two versions of the X *server* (no clients) that run on PC class machines. One is from GSS and is called `Xview' and the other is from a shop called Integrated Inference Machines (dumb name of the week award winner) and is called `X11/AT'. These run under DOS and I think will work on anything from a PC up. Don't know for sure, as I don't use them. Under Unix, almost everyone has an X11 on the 386 platforms, and for a wide variety of displays. I've never heard of an X for 286 Unix boxes. <soapbox mode> For what it's worth, I find X performance on 386-PC architectures abysmal. If you wanna run X, get a real machine. Low end workstations cost less than 386/486 boxes do once you add software, etc. <soapbox mode off> Sorry... -- Ken Seefried iii ...!<anywhere>!uunet!gatech!mm!ken MetaMedia, Inc. ken%mm.uucp@gatech.edu Atlanta, Georgia, USA obquote: "I feel...like a god..."