> On Aug 19, 2016, at 11:08 AM, Chris Hanson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Back in the day, did anyone produce an X11 server for DOS-based 8086/8088 > systems, say with support for Hercules or CGA graphics? Or was that strictly > a 286-or-better thing, given the overall constraints of the 8086 architecture? > > (There were plenty of mouse-and-window systems for the PC/XT back then, I > expect black & white X11 over a serial link would not be *that* bad…) > > -- Chris >
The only thing that comes to mind is DESQview/X, and IIRC, that required a minimum of a 386. I tend to think that X11 over serial would be nothing short of nightmarish. After all, that’s why we have VNC. Zane
