jne@goldhill.COM (08/31/89)
Hi. I'm looking for an X Server for Sun 3's and 386i's.
I would appreciate any suggestions for which one or ones to use.
Various tidbits:
1) Time is of the essence. I essentially have to make the decision
yesterday, so "wait til R4" is not acceptable.
2) MIT's (X11.R3) is pretty fast in monochrome, but color is awfully slow.
3) OpenWindows is not yet released, and I don't know a firm release
date for it.
4) I'd love an ICCCM WM if possible, but that's not crucial.
5) I'd love Sunview support if possible, but that's not crucial.
6) I've heard of Aurora and Quest, but I don't have any reliability or
performance bits on them.
7) Free runtime is nice, but not critical.
Thanks in advance.
Jeff Eisen
Gold Hill Computers
617-621-3404
jne@goldhill.commeo@stiatl.UUCP (Miles O'Neal) (08/31/89)
In article <8908302018.AA18267@godzilla.goldhill.com> jne@goldhill.COM writes: | |Hi. I'm looking for an X Server for Sun 3's and 386i's. |I would appreciate any suggestions for which one or ones to use. |Various tidbits: All my replies are directly targeted to the 386i. | 2) MIT's (X11.R3) is pretty fast in monochrome, but color is awfully slow. If you use gcc and apply the purdue speedups, it's acceptable speedwise. | 3) OpenWindows is not yet released, and I don't know a firm release | date for it. | 5) I'd love Sunview support if possible, but that's not crucial. View2 is tweaked towards color rather than B/W performance. I don't know whether it is actually out, yet. | 4) I'd love an ICCCM WM if possible, but that's not crucial. "Wouldnt we all.", he replied drolly... |Thanks in advance. You're welcome in retreat. -Miles gatech!stiatl!meo
jne@goldhill.COM (09/01/89)
Thanks for the responses regarding which X Server to use for the Sun. I will post a summary once the responses stop flowing in. I was interested in a few of the responses, though, that implied that color under MIT's X11.R3 ain't so slow. I have been using Purdue speedups and MIT fixes 1-10 on both a 3/60 (compiled with gcc) and a 386i (compiled using plain old cc). It's possible that I've done something stupid in building Xsun on either or both platforms, and that I missed some important optimization, or maybe my opinion of slow differs from someone else's. So, to avoid wasting hours possibly chasing my tail, can some kind soul out there in FTP land, who thinks that color isn't too slow, allow me to snarf his or her compiled Xsun for the Sun-3 and/or the 386i to see if it's any faster than the one I built. Thanks. Jeff Eisen Gold Hill Computers 617-621-3404 jne@goldhill.com