roell@informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de (Thomas Roell) (11/09/90)
Announcing the brand new X386 SYSTEM V/386 X11R4 server.
I'm happy to announce my newest big hack: X386 -- a server for SUPER VGA that
uses 256 colors at up to 1152x900 pixels. Along with the COMPLETE sources you
can get a binary version including all that MIT X11R4 stuff (plus *little*
extensions):
X386.man Really, this is the newest man-page for the server. The one
that is in X11R4bin.tar.Z is very old and sometimes wrong.
Xserver.tar.Z The sources and patches neccessary to build the whole core
MIT/X11R4 release. This will require over 80MBytes free disk
space.
X11R4bin.tar.Z All binaries, fonts, etc. that are needed to get X11R4 run on
your 386box. (ca. 8MBytes)
X11R4lib.tar.Z The toolkits all 'real programmers' use to like, if they want
to write X - applications. (ca. 4 MBytes)
75dpi.tar.Z Some fonts which you should both install to get a full X11R4
100dpi.tar.Z feelin. (ca. 3MBytes each)
That means, if you want to install all you need around 18MBytes free disk
space.
You can ftp it from flop.informatik.tu-muenchen.de (131.159.8.35), directory
/pub/i386/X11R4.
It's fast,
It's free,
It's X386 !
REQUIREMENTS:
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X386 will run on following Unix operating systems:
Interactive 386/ix, 2.0.2 or later
SCO Unix (planned)
ESIX (planned)
You must have installed the STREAMS facility and optional TCP/IP.
(NOTE: TCP/IP is NOT supported by this binary release, but the sources do)
A lot of RAM !!! 4MBytes seem to be the absolute minimum. 8MBytes is strongly
recommended.
VGA boards with the following chipsets are supported:
PVGA1A / PVGA1B (not running correct at this time)
ET3000 (for ex. GENOA 5300/5400)
ET4000 (STB PWR Graph, Sigma Legend, etc.)
Mice that support one of the following communication standards:
Microsoft serial (Microsoft, various NoName ...)
Mouse Systems serial (Mouse Systems, Logitech ...)
Mircosoft Busmouse
FEATURES:
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o Fastest X11R4 server for SUPER VGA in 256 colors
o AT&T STREAMS and TCP/IP
o REAL portable shared libs (libX11, libXt, libXmu, libXaw & libXext !!!)
o The very first VGA server that is FULLY configurable.
(see /usr/lib/X11/config/X386/Xconfig)
o Virtual terminal switching.
o Multible servers on different virtual terminals running at the same time.
o Full use of installed video RAM through the concept of a virtual screen.
(also called panning)
o Switching between different display resolution by keypress.
o Online Manpages, along with xman, an X - application for online manual
browsing.
o Many usefull clients besides the normal core mit clients.
NOTES:
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o I will not port this server to ESIX or SCO UNIX. That should do someone of
YOU !!! (I don't have access to these OS)
o I will not write a driver for your VGA board that is not supported now,
unless I have the data-book of this specific chipset and the same VGA in
my 386box to test the driver. If you want to write the driver by your own,
please contact me first, so that I can give you hints and further
information.
o I'm not responsible that everything runs correctly. If some of the core
mit clients has a misbehaviour, contact me and I will see, if I can fix
the bug.
o There are no version numbers for the releases. The date that is mentioned in
this document is the reference to distinguish the various versions.
RELEASE 08Nov90
o This server may be added to commerical products. But it would be nice that
the company then gives me a little acknowledgement for my work. I didn't
get any money for programming this server.
If SCO would like to use this server in one of their products they have to
pay $100 for every copy they redistribute, cause I don't like this company
and their braindamaged products.
o The server is now stable, but far from being real finished. If someone
donates me a 8514/A or TIGA graphics board, I'd like to add support for
these to X386.
o Cause I'm not a native english speaking person, and I don't like writing
documentations for my things, perhaps someone of you would like to expand
the current doc's.
o For questions, you can reach me via e-mail. Please post every request also
via comp.unix.sysv386, so everybody can use the results of the question you
had.
- Thomas
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Mail: Thomas Roell (c/o Daniel Hernandez)
Inst. f. Informatik / Technische Universitaet M"unchen
Arcisstr. 21 / 8000 Munich 2 / Fed.Rep. of Germany
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------leendert@cs.vu.nl (Leendert van Doorn) (11/16/90)
Earlier this week the following message appeared on the net: # Announcing the brand new X386 SYSTEM V/386 X11R4 server. # # I'm happy to announce my newest big hack: X386 -- a server for SUPER VGA that # uses 256 colors at up to 1152x900 pixels. Along with the COMPLETE sources you # can get a binary version including all that MIT X11R4 stuff (plus *little* # extensions): I ftp-ed the sources of this Xserver from Germany. It took me a lot of trouble (connection was awfully slow, most of the time it just timed out, etc.), but at the end I succeeded in getting the sources over. Since others might have experienced the same problems I've made these sources available on our ftp site. Hopefully this site is better reachable. Site: star.cs.vu.nl (192.31.231.42) File: pub/Xserver/Xserver.tar.Z You can retrieve this file using anonymous ftp. Hopefully this helps some of you. Cheers, Leendert -- Leendert van Doorn <leendert@cs.vu.nl> Vrije Universiteit / Dept. of Maths. & Comp. Sc. Amoeba project / De Boelelaan 1081 1081 HV Amsterdam / The Netherlands