Xref: utzoo comp.unix.microport:1004 comp.unix.xenix:2665 comp.windows.x:4217 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!mailrus!rutgers!bellcore!tness7!tness1!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.UUCP (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport,comp.unix.xenix,comp.windows.x Subject: Re: X-windows under System V/386 Summary: Yes, it would be useful. Keywords: ega, vga, System V, cheap, embedded base Message-ID: <1046@ficc.UUCP> Date: 11 Jul 88 13:12:41 GMT References: <524@pcrat.UUCP> <191@cbw1.UUCP> Organization: SCADA Lines: 30 In article <191@cbw1.UUCP>, brian@cbw1.UUCP (Brian Cuthie) writes: > Well, I think the reason you don't see a lot of X use on any of the standard > PC hardware is size. Have you ever tried using several windows on screen > that, for the most part, only supports 25 columns of 80 character text ? Yes, I regularly use Intuition on a CGA-resolution monitor, with a little bit of overscan to get about 84 by 28. I generally put three seperate CLI (shell, for those who don't have an Amiga) windows up, all in the same place, then stick a few small windows running utility type programs around the edge. It's very frustrating to come in to work and lose all that nice functionality. > Yes, I know that graphics can make the chars smaller and then you can get > more of them on the screen. Yes, if you got to an 8 by 8 matrix you can get more than enough of them up. The Amiga supports a 640-by-400 mode, which is pretty close to your EGA mode, and 8 by 8 characters on the 640-by-400 screen give you plenty of room. > But, when you really look at what makes a sun > workstation a sun workstation, you'll see that a lot of it is the fact that > you can have several LARGE (read: useful) windows open at once. Yes, but you can get a complete 386 system for the price of the monitor and graphics card you need to run that big a screen. -- -- `-_-' Peter (have you hugged your wolf today) da Silva. -- U Ferranti International Controls Corporation. -- Phone: 713-274-5180. CI$: 70216,1076. ICBM: 29 37 N / 95 36 W. -- UUCP: {uunet,academ!uhnix1,bellcore!tness1}!sugar!ficc!peter.