[comp.sys.3b1] 5620

mvadh@cbnews.att.com (andrew.d.hay) (02/06/91)

In article <1991Feb6.024401.15906@swbatl.sbc.com> adams@swbatl.UUCP (Tom Adams - 235-7459) writes:
"I remember seeing some discussion on using 5620's (aka blits) on the 3b1.
"Is anyone using one on a 3b1?  Has anyone ported the xt driver there?

an xt driver disk came with either the foundation or development
set...

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wjc@hos1cad.ATT.COM (Bill Carpenter) (02/06/91)

mvadh> an xt driver disk came with either the foundation or
mvadh> development set...

True enough (I'm not sure in which release it showed up, probably
3.51).  There are two precautions:

[1] It refuses to work over ph0/ph1.  So, if you had the exciting urge
to run layers at 1200 baud, forget it.  Also, because of some poor
logic in how it informs you of this, you might lock up your terminal
(not your 3b1) if you try it (power cycle or reset cures it).

[2] When I called the hotline to ask about [1], they told me that the
xt stuff was too buggy to use in any case.  I used it several times on
tty000 with no problems, but that's what they said.
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  Bill Carpenter         att!hos1cad!wjc  or  attmail!bill

adams@swbatl.sbc.com (Tom Adams - 235-7459) (02/07/91)

I asked if anyone had ported the xt device driver needed to support 
the 5620 and layers, and Andrew Hays and Bill Carpenter were nice enough to
respond.

> an xt driver disk came with either the foundation or
> development set...

>True enough (I'm not sure in which release it showed up, probably
>3.51). 

Now I'm trying to find that driver.  I don't see it in the driver directory
and don't recall seeing an xt driver disk.  Could someone let me know which
disk it's on, and what it's called?
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thad@btr.btr.com (02/07/91)

adams@swbatl.sbc.com (Tom Adams - 235-7459)
in <1991Feb6.190107.9452@swbatl.sbc.com> writes:

	I asked if anyone had ported the xt device driver needed to support
	the 5620 and layers, and Andrew Hays and Bill Carpenter were nice
	enough to respond.
	[...]
	Now I'm trying to find that driver.  I don't see it in the driver
	directory and don't recall seeing an xt driver disk.  Could someone
	let me know which disk it's on, and what it's called?

With the 3.51 Foundation Set the (single) disk is called "WINDOWING UTILITIES
(XT/LAYERS)".  For what it's worth, here's the disk's contents:

	100666 root        4  Apr 13 07:46:07 1987  Size
	100666 root      401  Apr 13 07:46:07 1987  Files
	100666 root     2041  Apr 13 07:52:31 1987  Install
	100666 root       37  Apr 13 07:46:07 1987  Name
	100666 root     1011  Apr 13 07:46:08 1987  Remove
	100755 thad    22303  Apr 13 07:46:11 1987  bin/ismpx
	100755 thad    22055  Apr 13 07:46:14 1987  bin/jterm
	100755 thad    22179  Apr 13 07:46:16 1987  bin/jwin
	104755 root    61519  Apr 13 07:46:25 1987  bin/layers
	100755 thad    25021  Apr 13 07:46:28 1987  bin/xtd
	100755 thad    26503  Apr 13 07:46:32 1987  bin/xts
	100755 thad    26823  Apr 13 07:46:36 1987  bin/xtt
	40755  thad        0  Apr 13 07:46:43 1987  layersys
	104755 thad    30425  Apr 13 07:46:41 1987  layersys/relogin
	100755 thad     7172  Apr 13 07:46:42 1987  layersys/lsys.8;7;3
	100755 thad     1780  Apr 13 07:46:42 1987  layersys/set_enc.j
	100644 thad        0  Apr 13 07:46:42 1987  layersys/lsys.8;7;5
	100644 thad        0  Apr 13 07:46:42 1987  layersys/lsys.8;0;5
	100755 thad    39308  Apr 13 07:46:47 1987  layersys/wtinit
	100644 thad    12493  Apr 13 07:46:50 1987  xt.o
	100644 root     2162  Apr 13 07:46:50 1987  libwindows.a
	100444 root     1607  Apr 13 07:46:50 1987  windows.h
	100444 root     4880  Apr 13 07:46:51 1987  xt.h
	100444 root     4842  Apr 13 07:46:52 1987  xtproto.h
	100444 root     1873  Apr 13 07:46:53 1987  jioctl.h

And, no, I'm NOT the author of the software no matter WHAT the listing above
shows ... that's just because the writer of the disk must have the same UID
on their system as I do on mine!  :-)

Thad Floryan [ thad@btr.com (OR) {decwrl, mips, fernwood}!btr!thad ]

wjc@hos1cad.ATT.COM (Bill Carpenter) (02/07/91)

adams> Now I'm trying to find that driver.  I don't see it in the
adams> driver directory and don't recall seeing an xt driver disk.

Just looked.  The disk is called "Windowing Utilities (xt/layers)".
It was in the 3.51 development set.
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clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca (Chris Lewis) (02/11/91)

It would be nice to have layers running on my 5620.  But I'd
settle for a termcap that works properly.  Does anyone have
one they could mail me?  Anybody got downloaders and/or
software I could download?  Even some sort of moire program
for the kid would be good.

Thanks
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