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- From: Brian_-_Dziki@cup.portal.com
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.unix.amiga
- Subject: Re: Xwindows and the Amiga
- Message-ID: <71522@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Dec 92 20:42:11 PST
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- References: <1992Dec4.010842.15465@qucis.queensu.ca> <71269@cup.portal.com>
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- I have gotten several mail messages after my post inquiring about X-windo
- for the Amiga. This is a commercial demo. You can order it from GFxBase for $3
- The price of the demo is credited if you buy the full version ($395). Here i
- some info on the product:
-
- Servers: Monochrome and Color
- Window Managers: OpenLook (olwm) and Tab (twm)
- Clients: xsol, xcalc, xset, xsetroot, xhost, maze xwd, xmodmap, bitmap
- Printer support: xpr
- PbmPlus: ppmtoilbm, ilbmtoppm, ppmquant, ppmtoxwd, xwdtoppm
- Fonts: Subset of X115 fonts
- Bitmaps: Complete set of X11R5 bitmaps
- Networks: Tcp/ip, DECnet, Local
-
- The full versions has more features, call GfxBase for info
-
- GfxBase, Inc
- 1881 Ellwell Dr.
- Milpitas, Ca. 95035
- phone: 408-262-1469
- fax: 408-262-8276
- usenet: boing.com!dale
-
- (The demo version only runs for 30 minutes)
-
- Now back to what I was trying to do. I talk to a friend and h
- some things to me. First, I can not connect into the university network via
- IP without prior arrangement. They need to assign me an IP address, etc. Also,
- since I can only connect at 2400 baud, X-windows would be painfully slow. He
- said that there are companies that can provide a high speed modem connection
- to the internet. However, this is very expensive. Another option I have is to
- get the source code for the application I am trying to run and compile it on t
- Amiga. GfxBase sells a programmer's guide and toolkit that will allow me to do
- this (it allows you to compile standard X11 source code with the SAS/C Compile
- and run your own X applications under AmigaDos). This, however, cost $250.
-