kupfer@orc.olivetti.com (Mike Kupfer) (02/16/89)
Is anyone running X on VGA displays? Is anyone working on it?
(I vaguely recall seeing some messages about this awhile back, but I
didn't pay much attention to them. I'm not personally interested in
VGA's, but I've been asked to dig up some information on them and X.
A brief summary, preferably mailed, of course, would be ideal.)
thanks,
Mike Kupfer
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{decwrl!oli-stl, ames!oli-stl, oliveb}!orc!kupfer ucbvax!kupferfyl@ssc.UUCP (Phil Hughes) (02/18/89)
In article <37960@oliveb.olivetti.com>, kupfer@orc.olivetti.com (Mike Kupfer) writes: > Is anyone running X on VGA displays? Is anyone working on it? I haven't seen it run but Everex claims their X (X11 R3 which comes with ENIX, their 5.3.2 port for the 386) works with both EGA and VGA. -- Phil Hughes, SSC, Inc. P.O. Box 55549, Seattle, WA 98155 (206)FOR-UNIX uw-beaver!tikal!ssc!fyl or uunet!pilchuck!ssc!fyl or attmail!ssc!fyl
schwartz@shire.cs.psu.edu (Scott Schwartz) (02/21/89)
In article <1709@ssc.UUCP>, fyl@ssc (Phil Hughes) writes: >Mike Kupfer writes: >> Is anyone running X on VGA displays? Is anyone working on it? >I haven't seen it run but Everex claims their X (X11 R3 which comes with >ENIX, their 5.3.2 port for the 386) works with both EGA and VGA. IBM ships X11 and drivers for the VGA with AOS (a.k.a. 4.3BSD) for their 6152 workstations (little RT's). Works fine. -- Scott Schwartz <schwartz@shire.cs.psu.edu>
gpasq@picuxa.UUCP (Greg Pasquariello X1190) (02/22/89)
In article <4302@psuvax1.cs.psu.edu> schwartz@shire.cs.psu.edu (Scott Schwartz) writes: -In article <1709@ssc.UUCP>, fyl@ssc (Phil Hughes) writes: ->Mike Kupfer writes: ->> Is anyone running X on VGA displays? Is anyone working on it? ->I haven't seen it run but Everex claims their X (X11 R3 which comes with ->ENIX, their 5.3.2 port for the 386) works with both EGA and VGA. - -IBM ships X11 and drivers for the VGA with AOS (a.k.a. 4.3BSD) for their -6152 workstations (little RT's). Works fine. --- -Scott Schwartz <schwartz@shire.cs.psu.edu> AT&T's Xwin product runs on a VGA. -- ============================================================================= Dirt is the mother o' lunch Greg Pasquariello AT&T/EDS att!picuxa!gpasq =============================================================================
tim@ora.UUCP (Tim O'Reilly) (02/24/89)
I believe Graphic Software Systems (GSS) in Beaverton, Oregon has X servers that will work with EGA/VGA...for both UNIX and DOS. Whether they are available yet, or how much they cost, I don't know. -- Tim O'Reilly (617) 527-4210 or (800) 338-NUTS O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., Publishers of Nutshell Handbooks 981 Chestnut Street, Newton, MA 02164 UUCP: uunet!ora!tim ARPA: tim@ora.uu.net
ronc@fai.UUCP (Ronald O. Christian) (03/08/89)
In article <1709@ssc.UUCP>, fyl@ssc (Phil Hughes) writes: >I haven't seen it run but Everex claims their X (X11 R3 which comes with >ENIX, their 5.3.2 port for the 386) works with both EGA and VGA. Just a note: Everex was at the recent Uniforum in San Francisco, and the Enix they displayed there was X11 R2, not R3. The salescreature said they might have R3 in a few months. On a 16 Mhz 386, Everex's current X-windows product is too slow to be usable. I understand release 2 had some speed problems. Be very careful when buying X-windows for the PC. I made it a point to find out exactly what version of X a given vendor was selling at Uniforum, and most were release 2 or earlier. (Bell Tech was selling X10.4!) Even if a vendor has announced release 3, find out if they're actually selling it, and find out what hardware/software combination you need (including VGA adaptor *and* Ethernet adaptor) to make it work. Also remember, there's a lot of "extended" VGAs out there, and they all seem to be extended in different directions. If a version of X supports extended VGA, you need to know which one. Ron -- Ronald O. Christian (Fujitsu America Inc., San Jose, Calif.) {amdahl, pyramid, sun, unisoft, uunet}!fai!ronc -or- ronc@fai.com