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- From: ps296au@sdcc4.ucsd.edu (Steven Cobb)
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- Subject: Re: X-Windows and A4000 questions
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- Date: 22 Jan 93 00:05:32 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan20.044341.27177@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> kws1x@cyclops.micr.Virginia.EDU (Kenneth W. Smith) writes:
- >
- > Hello, Fellow Netters!
- >
- > I have a few questions for any A4000 owners who have an X-Windows
- >emulation package (ie the one from GfxBase?). How well does
- >this or do these package(s) work(s)? How is speed compared
- >to some of the (cringe) PeeCee packages? Do any take advantage of
- >the AGA chips or propose to do so in the future?
-
- We use a 3000 with GfxBase X and ethernet and it does quite well.
- Running it monochrome is plenty fast. Running in color is a bit
- slower. I would imagine that the PC X is going to be slower due to
- VGA issues. On a 4000 Amiga X should be great.
-
- Potential problems: I don't know if there is an AGA version
- yet, sou you may be limited to 16 colors. Also using a standard
- display you are limited to say 800 X 500 or so (depending on how
- you push overscan). This is a bit small for most X apps -- BUT:
- 1) you can use a large bit map (1200X1200) and quickly scroll around
- (works great) or 2) get GfxBase display board that allows 8 bit
- color and large screens. I haven't tried the latter but I
- understand that it's quite nice.
-
- Anyway, It's very stable and very usable. Another plus is that you
- can record to video (or genlock) which is impossible or _very_
- expensive on other systems. Great for making training tapes for Sun
- applications etc.
-
- Good Luck,
- --
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