dcr0@bunny.UUCP (David Robbins) (09/08/88)
Has anyone implemented an X11 server that will run on a Macintosh under the Macintosh operating system (NOT A/UX)? I have this vague recollection of having seen some mention of such a server within the last few months on the net, but of course at that time I was not interested in remembering it. Well, now my inquiring mind wants to know. :-) My interest is simply in a server that would allow a Macintosh to be a terminal speaking to X clients running on other machines. I have no requirement for X clients to run on the Macintosh itself along with the server; I suspect that would be asking just too much of the Mac OS. I would, however, expect the server to be Multifinder-compatible and to be functionally similar, aside from the obvious differences, to, say, a VT100 emulator on the Mac. And I'm not really particular about how the server would communicate with the other machines. The serial port is certainly one possibility. AppleTalk is another (our AppleTalk is linked to Ethernet through a Kinetics box). And we have a few Mac IIs hanging directly off the Ethernet. I'm sure I remember hearing about TCP/IP implementations under the Mac OS. I will be happy to summarize for the net the responses I get, if any, and if anyone else is interested in such a summary. Dave Robbins GTE Laboratories Incorporated drobbins@gte.com 40 Sylvan Rd. ...!harvard!bunny!drobbins Waltham, MA 02254 -- Dave Robbins GTE Laboratories Incorporated drobbins@gte.com 40 Sylvan Rd. ...!harvard!bunny!drobbins Waltham, MA 02254
kmw@Ardent.UUCP (kmw@ardent) (09/09/88)
There is nothing in 'product' form yet, but White Pine Software (P.O. Box 1108 Amherst, N.H. 03031, 603-886-9050) has a prototype they are working on. It has the requirements you are looking for (although it runs only on a II currently, and uses Apples Ethertalk card, it could use other communication drivers, and may run on other machines if there is demand). Apple also has a server that runs under MacOS, but it is not an announced product, and may or may not be released. I saw a demo at Xhibition, but Apple wasn't free to discuss what was going to be done with it. Ken