Re: win/mac X server

[Erich Schroeder <erich@museum.state.il.us>]

On Fri, 5 Jun 1998, Steven Pritchard wrote:

> 
> kdanner@eosinc.com said:
> > i have no idea if it is any good or not, but there is a free X server for
> > win32/macOS at http://www.microimages.com/freestuf/mix/download.htm
> > ran across it by chance, thought someone might need it.
> 
> Last time I tried it, it *sucked*.  All X windows are in one window,
> it seems to require that you use twm, it's easy to crash, etc.

I agree that it is not wonderful, but it does work. I have one Mac user 
here who uses it extensively. He is unusual in that he is just as happy 
using vi or pico to do his web pages as any of the mac-based WISIWIG things. 
But he *does* like to do it within a window.

> 
> Unfortunately, all decent Windoze X servers that I am aware of are
> extremely expensive.

Under win95 I use micro-x (demo) from http://www.starnet.com/. I'm mostly 
happy with it, particulaly when combined with xmouse to make the windows 
act more like under real X. The demo works for 2 hours at a time, then 
you can start it up again. I think it costs $150.

Erich

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