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- Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent
- Subject: Re: Thoughts on porting software/tips...
- Message-ID: <1992Sep05.025623.14357@acme.gen.nz>
- From: kilroy@acme.gen.nz (earthbound misfit, I)
- Date: Sat, 05 Sep 92 02:56:23 GMT
- References: <1992Sep2.141404.630@Armstrong.EDU>
- Organization: ACME BBS - Public Access Usenet, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- daler@Armstrong.EDU (Dale Reagan) writes:
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- > I sent this message to MWC several weeks ago and did not get a response
- > (for whatever reason, probably no person had time due to the 4.0 release...)
- >
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- >
- > Many of the so called 'ports' of USENET software have been lacking in
- > consistency/quality. They have really (mostly) been 'hacked up' to work under
- > Coherent and not 'ported' (i.e. many features do not work as they should or
- > work poorly(i.e. the CNEWS port) I [previously] suggested that you (since you
- > guys are supposed to really know your product) supply your user base with a
- > short introductory guide to porting USENET type software to Coherent.
-
- This is a nice idea, but is it MWC's job? It might be something they want to
- do, to encourage more software being available for Coherent, but is it
- something we should expect them to provide? You're asking them to become
- familiar with a heck of a lot of operating systems to provide the sort of
- information you want.
-
- > - I really want to try running X but since 4.0 is text based I
- > will have to wait for or try to port on my own... What
- > suggestions (if any) do you have for such a project? :-)
-
- Wait for the device driver kit. Without a device driver for your video card I
- don't think you could get X to work.
-
- - k
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