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
E-Mail (domain): roell@lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de
UUCP (when above fails): roell@tumult.{uucp | informatik.tu-muenchen.de}
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) (11/10/90)
In article <5450@tuminfo1.lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de> roell@informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de (Thomas Roell) writes: >Xserver.tar.Z The sources and patches neccessary to build the whole core > MIT/X11R4 release. This will require over 80MBytes free disk > space. > >You can ftp it from flop.informatik.tu-muenchen.de (131.159.8.35), directory >/pub/i386/X11R4. A. will you be posting the source diffs (to the MIT original distribution) anywhere? B. if not, will you make the source available through some mechanism other than ftp for those of us whom don't have FTP. C. Are you aware that an SCO UNIX set of diffs have been posted (I forget which group) for X11R4? Maybe the two could be merged (and maybe they did something that you would want to include. I did not look at the diffs, so they may have started with your orignal implementation. Thanks for putting this together and making it available to world. -- Conor P. Cahill (703)430-9247 Virtual Technologies, Inc., uunet!virtech!cpcahil 46030 Manekin Plaza, Suite 160 Sterling, VA 22170
larry@nstar.uucp (Larry Snyder) (11/11/90)
cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) writes: >In article <5450@tuminfo1.lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de> roell@informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de (Thomas Roell) writes: >>Xserver.tar.Z The sources and patches neccessary to build the whole core >> MIT/X11R4 release. This will require over 80MBytes free disk >> space. >> >>You can ftp it from flop.informatik.tu-muenchen.de (131.159.8.35), directory >>/pub/i386/X11R4. >B. if not, will you make the source available through some mechanism other > than ftp for those of us whom don't have FTP. Tom's entire X11R4 package is available on nstar - in directory 99 - the new upload directory. After a couple of weeks - the files will be moved to the X4 directory and replace his older release. be advised that nstar is a member supported system - but new users are welcome to call in and look around -- Larry Snyder, Northern Star Communications, Notre Dame, IN USA {larry@nstar, {uunet|backbone}!nstar!larry, larry%nstar@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu} backbone usenet newsfeeds available Public Access Unix Site (219) 289-0282 (5 high speed lines)
terry@uivlsif (Terry Lee) (11/15/90)
Help! When I try to ftp to flop.informatik.tu-muenchen.de, I almost always get `Connection timed out'. On the other tries I got `Host is unreachable'. Any suggestions? Is there any other ftp site I can get the X386 files from? Thanks! ----------- Terry Lee terry@uivlsi.csl.uiuc.edu