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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!imci3!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news2.compulink.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc From: jwalters@idirect.com (Jonathan Walters) Subject: Re: Sometimes you need X server source (Was: Why to not buy Matrox Millennium) X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99c/32.126 X-Client-Port: 1115 Message-ID: <ragnaroek1996Mar28.063723.8733@news2.compulink.com> References: <4j21ph$crr@slappy.cs.utexas.edu> <4j36ev$prl@news.Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE> <4ja099$r8k@ceylon.gte.com> X-Nntp-Posting-Host: doomnet9.idirect.com Date: 28 Mar 96 11:37:23 GMT Lines: 30 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.apps:13977 comp.os.linux.development.system:20445 comp.os.linux.hardware:35076 comp.os.linux.setup:48423 comp.os.linux.x:28233 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:395 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:2918 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:16426 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2691 On 26 Mar 1996 23:57:28 GMT, mbr@poitin.gte.com (Mark Rosenthal) wrote: >In article <4j36ev$prl@news.Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE>, >Thomas Weihrich <Thomas.Weihrich@Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE> wrote: > >>Matrox did point at a source of information - X Inside. > >I sometimes run my X connection over a modem, and it's slower than I'd >like. What does this have to do with whether or not to buy a Matrox >Millennium card? Someday soon, I plan on rebuilding my X server to >include the LBX (low bandwidth X) extension. Can I do this without >source code to the server? I don't think so. Even if I didn't have >this immediate need, you never know what extensions you might want to >add to the server in the future. > >So I think buying any graphics card which restricts me to a >binary-only X server is a BAD PLAN! > >Anybody from X Inside or Matrox care to explain this one away? >-- > Mark of the Valley of Roses > mbr@gte.com >-- > Mark of the Valley of Roses > mbr@gte.com Is it a figment of my imagination or do most modems already compress any data being transfered. That would make LBX a waste of time.