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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!not-for-mail From: David Henshaw <dhenshaw@silas.cc.monash.edu.au> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Uses for an XT ???? Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 23:44:13 +1000 Organization: Monash University Lines: 36 Message-ID: <3337D6AD.42C9@silas.cc.monash.edu.au> References: <332F54B8.167EB0E7@silas.cc.monash.edu.au> <5gnr29$2ut@usenet88.supernews.com> <332FAD12.41C67EA6@silas.cc.monash.edu.au> <5h57e3$9li$6@kayrad.ziplink.net> <333679BB.41C67EA6@silas.cc.monash.edu.au> <5h6lrn$h56$1@kayrad.ziplink.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ascend-2-09.cc.monash.edu.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (Win95; I) To: mi@ALDAN.ziplink.net..remove-after-`net' Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:37713 Mikhail Teterin wrote: > > Honorable Chooka > wrote on 25 Mar (in article <333679BB.41C67EA6@silas.cc.monash.edu.au>): > Only for the first part. Second part: "No FreeBSD -> No XFree86" > is obviously wrong -- XFree86 runs on a variety of platforms. Okay...so all you would need is an OS capable of running on an 8086 and supporting XFree86. Right ? > The third part: "No XFree86 -> No X-server" is wrong theoreticly -- > there are other X-servers. Some of them, may run on 8086 (over DOS > or some other OS). > Well if you could name some I'd be much obliged... > So, theoreticly you can set the XTs as X-servers (to be more > precise, to _RUN_ X-servers). > Okay...Theoretically....but practically ? > Setting them to run X-clients (also possible theoreticly), I thought > is not what you intended -- you want the applications to run on > the FreeBSD displaying on the XTs' screens, do not you? > Yes that is correct.... You've corrected my mistake. The XT should be running as the server. The clients run on the FreeBSD box and use the XT as the display. Now all I need is an X server capable of running on an ancient and slow XT ! :) Thanx. David H. dhenshaw@silas.cc.monash.edu.au