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- From: clausb@hpbeo20.bbn.hp.com (Claus Brod)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: X windows server on ST
- Message-ID: <BxtBLv.K29@hpbeo20.bbn.hp.com>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 14:15:31 GMT
- References: <JENSK.92Nov16121750@hpbbrn.bbn.hp.com>
- Organization: HP Mechanical Design Division R&D, Boeblingen, Germany
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- Jens Kilian (jensk@hpbbn.bbn.hp.com) wrote:
- : I don't know all system calls used by the standard X Server (it's been a long
- : time since I last installed one), but you'll probably have the most
- : difficulties with the socket-related stuff (MiNT doesn't have sockets, yet).
- : If you *really* want to do this, IMHO it would be easiest to replace the
- : sockets by FIFOs; that way you could at least run clients on the ST.
-
- I know of at least one (German) programmer who already has developped
- a socket package for MiNT. E-Mail me if interested.
-
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