cattelan@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu (Russell Cattelan) (02/11/90)
So now that it is almost a month past the supposed release of the
X11 Server for the cube, does any body have any information about it
or has it been neatly postponed?
On a similar note has anyone tried to compile R4 on the cubes, and if
so any neat tricks that I should know about before I start?
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In article <1990Feb11.092939.17598@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu>, cattelan@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu (Russell Cattelan) writes: > So now that it is almost a month past the supposed release of the > X11 Server for the cube, does any body have any information about it > or has it been neatly postponed? > I poked around quite a bit in January trying to get an answer to this very question. According to my sources, 1. NeXT is not working on or particularly interested in X. 2. Project Athena at MIT has been working on the port and has released alphas of varying quality to selected individuals. 3. There is only one person working on the port and that person is a student. Now that school is back in session this person has little if any time to devote to the project. Please correct me if I am wrong folks. Personally, I think that the sales people at NeXT would be very happy to see a working port of X. Its another arrow in their quiver when they try to make a sale. Given Steve Jobs attitude towards X, I doubt that NeXT will ever make a considered effort in that direction, or perhaps only as an afterthought. I know X is far from perfect, and I personally much prefer NeXTStep as a development environment, but its hard to get along ignoring such a large and open windowing connectivity standard. <<end soapbox>> Anybody else heard anything? -- #====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====# # Steve Boker # Black holes are how God divides by zero. # # smb@datran2.uunet.uu.net # ....I have my own methods. # #====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#
bwbe_c52@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Brent Benson) (02/12/90)
In article <431@datran2.uunet> smb@datran2.uunet (Steven M. Boker) writes: >In article <1990Feb11.092939.17598@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu>, cattelan@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu (Russell Cattelan) writes: >> So now that it is almost a month past the supposed release of the >> X11 Server for the cube, does any body have any information about it >> or has it been neatly postponed? >> > >Anybody else heard anything? > This from the Febuary Byte Magazine, (p.26): While most of the Unix world has moved toward the X Window System as the windowing system for workstations and applications, the NeXT Computer uses a proprietary wondowing system. But now MIT, which developed and distributes X Window [sic], has come up with a version that runs on the NeXT cube. After buying a number of NeXT machines, MIT wanted to integrate them into its Athena computing environment, which makes use of X Window. The X Window port to the NeXT lets the user create a NextStep window on the screen, which is equivalent to an X Window device, according to NeXT, Inc.'s Barry Silverman, who worked with MIT on the X Window port. This means that nay application that adheres to X11 calls can run within this window on the NeXT. Initially, the port supports X11 release 3, and eventually it will support release 4. MIT will make the X Window port for NeXT publicly available on tape later this year. MIT will monitor bug reports and make changes to the code as necessary. NeXT has no plans to support MIT's port of X Window to its machine, according to Silverman. The project was primarily for MIT's internal use, but, as is customary, MIT releases its programs for public use. (end excerpt) This really doesn't clear much up; but I thought it might be interesting to some. -Brent -- _ _ | |_ ___ ___ __ _| |_ Brent Benson - University of Rochester | .\| _\/ ._\| \|_ _| e-mail: bwbe_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu |___/|_| \___/|_|_| |_| ..!rochester!ur-cc!bwbe_ltd
paul@cscnj.csc.COM (Paul Moody) (02/13/90)
We actually saw X 'almost' run on a cube yesterday. My understanding was that it should be here Real Soon. -- Paul Moody UUCP: rutgers!cscnj!paul Computer Sciences Corporation # the opinions expressed are entirely imaginary #
mikes@sir-alan.UUCP (Mike Squires) (02/15/90)
According to the current issue of MIPS magazine X11 for the NeXT is available
via anonymous ftp from MIT. The article (about a paragraph long) did not
mention any specific host. I don't have ftp access here (or a NeXT for
that matter).
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