knut-skog%rglab.uit.uninett@NORUNIX.BITNET (Knut Skog) (11/15/88)
We are contemplating porting NeWS to some HP9000/350 mashines. Is there anyone out there who will share their experiance with us. How much time does it takes to complete the port and keep it updated, assuming the job beeing done by qualified systems people? Much obliged Knut Skog
greg@gergle.UUCP (11/16/88)
>We are contemplating porting NeWS to some HP9000/350 mashines. >Is there anyone out there who will share their experiance with us. >How much time does it takes to complete the port and keep it updated, >assuming the job beeing done by qualified systems people? Assuming you have a solid C compiler, it can take anywhere from 2 weeks to months of effort, depending on the display device. 2 weeks being for a dumb framebuffer. You can get something running in a under a month on a smart framebuffer, but you will spend alot of time getting desirable performance. I've done one of each, so if you get started, I'll be happy to answer more detailed questions. We must all do our part to stop the evil spread of X11, unless of course we are getting paid to do X11 programming. I wish Sun would put some real effort into the product to make at least technically equal to Display PostScript with NeXT extensions. (Bug fixes, and real fonts, real thickline code) -greg.