tody@noao.edu (Doug Tody X217) (11/07/89)
I will soon be getting a Mac II running A/UX to use as an X Window
development system. Although the system will have adequate disk and
memory for use as a workstation, it will have only the standard 14" color
monitor, which is a bit small for use with windows.
I am considering adding a high resolution color or monochrome monitor to
this system. It appears that most third party hires monitors for the Mac
support only MacOS; can anyone recommend a product which will also work
with A/UX and X windows? I will be getting the Apple version of X window,
but have no information on the monitors it supports (probably only Apple
monitors). Perhaps the MIT release of X11.4 will include support for
additional monitors under A/UX.
Many thanks for any information anyone out there can provide!
Doug Tody National Optical Astronomy Observatories, Tucson AZ, 602-325-9217
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Internet: tody@noao.edu SPAN/HEPNET: NOAO::TODY (NOAO=5355)steve@cpdaux.UUCP (Steve Lemke) (11/10/89)
In article <1250@noao.UUCP> tody@noao.edu (Doug Tody X217) writes: } }I am considering adding a high resolution color or monochrome monitor to }this system. It appears that most third party hires monitors for the Mac }support only MacOS; can anyone recommend a product which will also work }with A/UX and X windows? I will be getting the Apple version of X window, }but have no information on the monitors it supports (probably only Apple }monitors). Perhaps the MIT release of X11.4 will include support for }additional monitors under A/UX. I am pleased to officially announce that the Radius 19" Color Display, when connected to either a Radius Grey Scale/Color (8-bit) board or a Radius DirectColor (16 or 24 bit) board, works with Apple's implementation of X-Windows under A/UX 1.1.1. I personally tested this earlier this week. The DirectColor board requires ROM version 1.1 (on the video board; it should be available from Radius Tech Support first thing next week). Unfortunately, Apple's A/UX (and therefore X-Windows) does *NOT* support 16-bit or 24-bit modes on Macintosh video cards, so 8-bit mode is the most colorful you can get for now, even with the DirectColor 24-bit board. In the future, hopefully Apple will bring 32-bit QuickDraw support to A/UX, and also to X-Windows. A/UX appears to run on whatever video card is leftmost in the Macintosh, whether or not a monitor is connected, and without regard to which monitor is selected as the "Menubar" monitor in MacOS. However, under X-Windows, multiple monitors are supported, and it is therefore possible to have one or more Radius monitors combined with one or more Apple monitors. See the X-Windows documentation for details on how to select which monitors to use and with what bit modes. Steve Lemke Engineering QA Department Radius Inc. (radius.com coming soon!) -- ----- Steve Lemke ------------------- "MS-DOS (OS/2, etc.) - just say no!" ----- Internet: cpdaux!steve@apple.com GEnie: LEMKE ----- Or try: apple!cpdaux!steve CompuServe: 73627,570 ----- Quote: "What'd I go to college for?" "You had fun, didn't you?"
chetty@world.std.com (Chetty Ramanathan) (11/13/89)
>I am pleased to officially announce that the Radius 19" Color Display, when >connected to either a Radius Grey Scale/Color (8-bit) board or a Radius >DirectColor (16 or 24 bit) board, works with Apple's implementation of >X-Windows under A/UX 1.1.1. I personally tested this earlier this week. The >DirectColor board requires ROM version 1.1 (on the video board; it should be >available from Radius Tech Support first thing next week). Has anyone had any success in running X-Windows under AU/X 1.1.1 with a Supemac 19in (Trinitron) monitor connected to a Supermac 24bit board? Anybody know whether Supermac have released the new version of the ROM? -chetty --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Software Tool & Die chetty@world.std.com 1330 Beacon Street (617) 739-0202 Brookline MA02146
dales@Apple.COM (Dale Satterfield) (11/13/89)
In article <1989Nov12.215614.5121@world.std.com> chetty@world.std.com (Chetty Ramanathan) writes: > > >Has anyone had any success in running X-Windows under AU/X 1.1.1 with a >Supemac 19in (Trinitron) monitor connected to a Supermac 24bit board? > I don't know about Supermac, but I have been using a RasterOps 224 with a 19in. monitor and have had no problems. X only supports 8 bits though. I invoke with X11 -screen 0 -depth 8.