[comp.windows.x] Running OpenWindows 1.0 with R4 clients

spanki@form.ced.berkeley.edu (Frank Goodman) (01/19/90)

We just got OpenWindows 1.0 from Sun. We have a Sun network, and users
are pretty evenly split between SunView and X. OpenWindows 1.0 supports
both (and NeWS). While most of our users, are just that, users; some of
us are developers. As a developer, I want to write my code for R4, not R3.
Can I expect my R4 clients to run on the xnews server? 

Also, is anyone running OpenWindows 1.0 in X11ONLY mode? Is this
instance of the xnews server competitive with the R4 server? We're
quite pleased with the R4 server, and the xnews server with NeWS just
isn't usuable on our 4meg 3/50's (not that it should be, but we have what we
have).

I'm having a little trouble setting things up, so we've only been able
to try it (OpenWindows) out on one of our machines. I will certainly try
these things out myself, but in the meantime, I thought I'd ask around
for other's experience.

If it matters, Sun 3/* machines running SunOS 4.0.3

If any SUN people are out there, when can I expect an R4 based release
of OpenWindows? 

Thanks,
Frank.

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mike@DART.CS.BYU.EDU (Mike Burbidge) (01/19/90)

I used OpenLook 1.0 in X11 mode and it seemed fine. I haven't used R4
however.

Mike Burbidge
mike@cs.byu.edu