| Title: | AMIGA NOTES |
| Notice: | Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2 |
| Moderator: | HYDRA::MOORE |
| Created: | Sat Apr 26 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Wed Feb 05 1992 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 5378 |
| Total number of notes: | 38326 |
I heard today that Sun's NEWS (PostScript based windows package) has
been ported to the Amiga. That probably isn't very interesting to
anyone reading this, but it got me wondering if someone might be
porting X-windows. What with DECwindows just around the corner that
might be very interesting.
Of course there might be a few problems - like the network connection.
Is running X-windows over a 2400 baud async line even vaguely feasible?
Could it run over a lightweight transport protocol on a pt-to-pt line,
saving some bandwidth and eliminating need to implement DECnet?
Real soon now working from home using only terminal protocols will be
distinctly less pleasant than it is now.
Paul
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 748.1 | How about just a library | VIDEO::LEIBOW | Sat Sep 26 1987 04:58 | 8 | |
Forgetting the idea of networking, Could the Xwindows Package be
written as a library that gets linked in with amiga code? Then,
one could just compile an XWindows programs and run it on an Amiga.
You wouldn't even need to run a seperate process that acts as a
server.
--Mike
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