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From: roell@xinside.com (Thomas Roell)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Why to not buy Matrox Millennium
Date: 05 Apr 1996 10:45:32 GMT
Organization: X Inside Inc.
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In-reply-to: philip@cs.vu.nl's message of Thu, 4 Apr 1996 12:10:08 GMT
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>   %First off, I think we never dropped support for any card we started to
>   %support. Secondly, the X11 protocol has been stable and unchanged
>   %since X11R1. That means in case there would be an X11R9, you still can
>   %use a X11R1 based X-Server to run all your clients. Hence it does not
>   %really matter which X-Server version and which client version you have
>   %(unless you have buggy clients or a buggy X-Server).
>
>   You mean that compared to the X11R1 sample server you only loose all scaled
>   fonts (what was the binary font format called in X11R3? snf), no font server
>   support, no xdm, no (or incompatible MAGIC cookies), no SHAPE extensions,
>   no DGA, no xkb, no display postscript, ...)

Everything you mention above does not have anything to do with the
core X-protocol. They are either extensions, or other mechanisms
independant of the core protocol. What that means is that it is
possible to run normal X-clients from X11R6 on a X11R1 based X-Server.

- Thomas

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