nayeri@cs.umass.edu (Farshad Nayeri) (10/01/90)
We are thinking of updating our Macs in my office and I would like to hear your comments about the following questions: I think we are definitely going to try to get upgraded from IIx to IIfx, but the following is some other related questions: Has anyone used a 3 button mouse to use with MacX (and/or X11R4) under A/UX? How does it work, where do I get it, etc. I know that Apple Thought Police doesn't like 3-buttons, but it is a total pain to run X Windows with one button. Incidently, does MacX handle this (the one button mouse problem) any better than previous versions of X11R4? I remember hearing that A/UX running MacOS does not support more than one screen. Is this true? Also, can you run MacX (and/or X11R4) with more than one screen? How much memory should we get for running A/UX and MacX and have the mac comfortable enough for programming? Any other suggestions for turning our macs into a A/UX development environment? Our current configuration is: Mac IIx with 4/8 Meg memory, Apple 13" (I think) color monitor, Ethernet cable, A/UX 1.1 (we are getting the upgrade for 2.0 soon), X11R4 (MIT version). If someone has asked any of these questions recently, I would appreciate if you could forward the answers to me as well. Thank you. --farshad -- Farshad Nayeri Object Oriented Systems Group nayeri@cs.umass.edu Dept. of Computer and Information Science (413)545-0256 University of Massachusetts at Amherst
alexis@panix.uucp (Alexis Rosen) (10/07/90)
In article <NAYERI.90Sep30204222@ibis.cs.umass.edu> nayeri@cs.umass.edu writes: >Has anyone used a 3 button mouse to use with MacX (and/or X11R4) under A/UX? How does it >work, where do I get it, etc. I know that Apple Thought Police doesn't like >3-buttons, but it is a total pain to run X Windows with one button. Apple has actually been pushing this: SuperMouse/GMPU Advanced Gravis 1033 Antrim Ave. Burnaby, British Columbia Canada V5J 4M5 (604) 434-7274 I haven't used it myself. >I remember hearing that A/UX running MacOS does not support more than one >screen. Is this true? Also, can you run MacX (and/or X11R4) with more >than one screen? Currently, this is true. MacX doesn't change things, but I understand that X11R4 will support multiple monitors. >How much memory should we get for running A/UX and MacX and have the mac >comfortable enough for programming? 8MB is drastically more useful than 4MB. Given the low cost of Mac memory, though, why not go for 20MB? 16MB of RAM, even for the IIfx, will set you back less than $900. >Any other suggestions for turning our macs into a A/UX development >environment? Well, having two disks instead of one always helps. If you're going to get a disk, get a 5.25" one. They have much better transfer rates than 3.5" disks (except for the new 3.5" Wrens and the large (300-400MB) Quantums, neither of which are widely available yet). >Our current configuration is: > Mac IIx with 4/8 Meg memory, Apple 13" (I think) color monitor, Ethernet > cable, A/UX 1.1 (we are getting the upgrade for 2.0 soon), X11R4 (MIT > version). Programming? Get yourself a larger, monochrome screen! I can't think of anything that could make a bigger difference. --- Alexis Rosen {cmcl2,apple}!panix!alexis