Which X11 for A/UX 1.1.1 or 2.0?
Steve Green
steveg at umd5.umd.edu
Fri Mar 23 16:13:27 AEST 1990
In article <2323 at husc6.harvard.edu> fry at brauer.harvard.edu (DSF2) writes:
]
]I'm looking into setting up A/UX 1.1.1 with X windows on a Mac II
]connected to our Suns over Ethernet. While I'm anxious to use A/UX
]2.0, I need this thing running soon and can't wait for summer (plus
]there's the free upgrade).
]
]My question is with regards to X windows. I understand the X11
]release for A/UX does not work concurrently with Mac applications
]under A/UX 2.0. Under 2.0, MacX seems the way to go. However, MacX
]doesn't exist yet and if I buy X11 with A/UX 1.1.1, I'll have to get
]MacX later.
]
]1) If I had MacX for 1.1.1, would it run concurrently as a Mac
]program?
although I have not tried it, it probably will not run at all under 1.x.x.
]2) Any ideas when MacX will really be available?
??
]3) Is there any reason to use the X11 "true Unix" version over MacX,
]under either system?
Yes. As of 2.0 beta3, MacX running on a 020 mac is hardly usable. X11R4
running under AUX 1.x.x or 2.0 works great. The difference between MacX and
MIT X is great enough to warrant the use of MIT X.
]>4) Under either system, if a program asks for a window larger than my
]screen (I'll be using a 13inch RGB), is the window made to fit, or do
]I have to resize it myself?
You have to resize it under MIT X and I think the same for MacX.
]5) Lastly, just for the sake of comparison, how does using either X
]product compare to using Sun's X11 windowing system that I'm now
]using on a Sun3 in terms of speed?
It has been a while since I used X on a Sun, but as I recall, X11R4
compiled with gcc under AUX (020) is faster than the X11R3 servers I have
used on Sun3's. (probably compiled with pcc)
]Thanks for any help.
]
]
]David Fry fry at huma1.harvard.EDU
]Department of Mathematics fry at huma1.bitnet
]Harvard University ...!harvard!huma1!fry
]Cambridge, MA 02138
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