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- From: m.hendry@dial.pipex.com (Mathew Hendry)
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- Subject: Re: Help : A500 - PC, want Xwin
- Date: Mon, 8 Apr 96 15:50:42
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- Darren Byrne (darren@demon.net) wrote:
- : I don't really want to buy any additional h/ware for the A500.
-
- You can't expect much, then.
-
- : 1. What's a really good Terminal Terminal package for the A500 (K 1.3, 1MB)?
-
- NComm or JRComm, which are old but will work fine. There is also term,
- Terminus, and a number of other newer packages, but none of those will run on
- OS 1.3.
-
- : 2. Can I configure my A500 as an X windows client hanging of my Net/BSD
- : or Linux PC ?
-
- Not without upgrading to a newer version of the OS (at least 2.x), multiplying
- the amount of memory you have by a factor of ten, and buying a much faster
- processor. Also, X is no fun under ECS.
-
- To put things in perspective, I tried running AmiWin on my A500+ / 2M Chip /
- 5M Fast / 40MHz 030/882 / ECS and it was too painful to be really useful, even
- using simple local clients such as XClock and XCalc. A good minimum
- configuration would probably be 25MHz+ 68040, 10 Megs of memory, and a
- graphics cards or at least AGA - way beyond what is sensibly possible on an
- A500.
-
- : 3. Can I get an MS windows emulator, PC emulator (free or shareware) ?
-
- There is PCTask, which is commercial. The demo version has no hard disk
- support, and I'm not even sure if it will run under 1.3, and memory and CPU
- power will certainly be a problem, yet again.
-
- So, you have 3 reasons there to upgrade. There are hundreds of others.
-
- -- Mat.
-