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From: cwr@crash.cts.com (Will Rose)
Subject: Re: Minix 1.7 and TCP/IP and X
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Date: Fri, 1 Sep 1995 11:53:50 GMT
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Sami Laine - OH1JKT (oh1jkt@mea.utu.fi) wrote:
:  Steven Ehrbar (FYVW62C@prodigy.com) wrote:
: > Hmmm... Minix i386 might have a chance of running X Windows... XFree86 
: > might be convertable after a LOT of re-writing.  And there was a thing 
: > called Mini X out there that suposedly had a similar API to X Windows...

: Did this Mini X run with smaller machines (like 1Mb AT) too? Is it
: still available? Did it allow you to run several shell-sessions at
: the same time (I'd just love virtual consoles, but this sounds almost
: as good option)?

It ran on anything, as I recall - it was a set of patches for Minix 1.5
(1.3?).  It must be still in the archives, but I've never seen or used
it. It was fairly limited; I don't think it handled VCs.

Will
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