jlk@daimi.UUCP (J|rgen Lindskov) (03/17/87)
I am in the process of starting a research initiative on user interface frameworks on Sun workstations (potentually MacII workstations later). I am therefore looking for information on window-systems on the Sun's (and MacII's). Currently, there seem to be two immediate proposals, namely X-windows and NeWS. The only documentation we have on the two systems is: "Xlib - C Language X Interface Version 9" by Jim Gettys and Ron Newman, MIT Project Athena and "NeWS Preliminary Technical Overview" 2 October 1986, Sun Microsystems, Inc. Would any of you out there in net-land please fill me in on other available information on the two systems (NeWS and X V11); both introductary material and technical material. I would also be interested in information on frameworks and toolboxes in the two systems. What about interfaces from different languages. Finally, I would like to hear the latest rumors about the Apple position with respect to the two systems and/or the difficuties of getting NeWS running on MacII's. Is any of ouy actually using NeWS (on SUN's) --- and if so, how did you get hold of it. Regards, Jorgen Lindskov Knudsen Dept. of Computer Science Aarhus University DK-8000 Aarhus C Denmark UUCP: jlk@daimi.uucp or: ...!mcvax!diku!daimi!jlk