markus@ti.com (Markus N. Richardson) (12/18/89)
From time to time, I have read comments posted here about the available MSDOS X Servers but with only casual interest. Now the boss wants to know if this is not a viable alternative to running X under UNIX on a 386. What I would like to know: Does XSight support extended memory yet? If so, what version of LIM EMS? What release of X11 is the latest version based on? What display resolutions does it support? Does it work with Orchid VGA Designer 800 coupled with the NEC Multisync 3D display? How about with the 3COM C503 NetCard? How much floating point does the Server code incorporate? Is an 80387 a necessity? How buggy is it? Is there a current buglist? How is support from Locus Computing? What version are you using? I ask specifically about XSight because we can get it real cheap. (Don't tell my boss but my preference is X under UNIX!) I would like to hear from actual users and beta testers but Locus Computing is encouraged to respond as well ;-) Please respond e-mail and I will post results if enough "me-toos" are received. Thanks in advance. -- Markus R. markus@ti.com A .sig file? I don't have any spare inodes!
swonk@ccicpg.UUCP (Glen Swonk) (12/20/89)
In article <102698@ti-csl.csc.ti.com>, markus@ti.com (Markus N. Richardson) writes: > From time to time, I have read comments posted here about the available > MSDOS X Servers but with only casual interest. Now the boss wants to know > if this is not a viable alternative to running X under UNIX on a 386. > > What I would like to know: > > Does XSight support extended memory yet? > If so, what version of LIM EMS? > > What release of X11 is the latest version based on? > > What display resolutions does it support? I have tested several X servers for the PC. I would say that PC Xsight has been the worst product I have tested. The best by far in terms of performance and support has been the GSS XView. The big problem (among others) that I had with Xsight is that it wouldn't work through gateways. The documentation and the support people at Locus says that it should, but it definitely doesn't. The people at Locus have been unresponsive, and finally told me that the network code is there for gateways, but it wasn't tested. There next version is supposed to use the FTP network code, but they didn't even offer a upgrade. Other PC Xservers, X11/AT - looks good, ok performance, limited colors. glenn -- Glenn L. Swonk CCI Computers (714)458-7282 9801 Muirlands Boulevard Irvine, CA 92718 uunet!ccicpg!swonk