Hi all, I just got in touch with the manteiner of DOSVNC and here is hi reply. This surely is interesting for the freedos project as thare is allways someone who wants to develop a grafical interface.
FYI: VNC is a means where you can access a Linux machine running X (graphic mode) remotely and work just as it was your own machine. IMHO it should be much more easy to setup than develloping a X server. Alain ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marinos Yannikos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Alain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 8:09 PM Subject: Re: [fd-dev] Dosemu - X windows > Hi, > > the DOSVNC project was more like a "one-off" project, I didn't plan > on working on it any more. Unfortunately, the latest version of the > source code is on the harddisk of an old laptop that doesn't work > anymore and I didn't have the chance to copy them (maybe I can, > when I get my hands on an external case for 2,5" harddisks). > > The implementation is generally in the "public domain" as far as I > remember and as far as my code is concerned. Naturally, I re-used > some parts from the X client as templates for my implementation. > > You're free to release a new version under the GNU license of course, > since "public domain" means that you can do whatever you like with it. > It'd make sense in that case to change the name slightly, so that > people can identify the maintainer easily and I don't get praises > (and bug reports ;-)) for a version I don't maintain. > > I must have the 1.1 source code somewhere, since I sent it out by > mail at some point (it's not on the FTP server I think), so I'll try > to find it if you like. > > I haven't followed the VNC project lately, but I assume that there > have been some protocol changes that would have to be added to the > DOSVNC client in order to make an up-to-date version. > > Regards, > Marinos > > Alain wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > To: Marinos J. Yannikos ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > > > I just discovered your implementation of VNC for DOS. Great :) > > > > but I have noticed that it is stopped since 1999, do you plan to > > work on it any more? > > > > The files don't have a GNU licence or anythink like that, are you > > willing to do so? in such case, if you release a new set of files > > with the gnu licence in the files, there probably will be someone > > at the FreeDOS profect www.freedos.org to work on it... > > > > thanks, > > > > Alain > > > > > > > > >> It would be nice to just turn on a FreeDOS box and have X come up, > > ready > > >>to go. You could make some nifty networked DOS picture frames out of old > > >>computers :) Turn them on and the slide show begins. You could even add > > >>sound :) > > > > > >Actually DOSVNC would work ... VNC is a bit nicer than X in that it's > > >stateless. You can disconnect from the server and later reconnect from > > >another system and the applications are as you left them. The downside > > >is the protocol is less efficient than X, but from a Linux/Unix/*BSD > > >application view point you are running an X server. > > >http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/nino/dosvnc.html > > > > > >Regards, > > >Paul > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Marinos Yannikos, CEO > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Geizhals (R) - Preisvergleich > Preisvergleich Internet Services AG > Franzensbr�ckenstra�e 8/2/16 > A-1020 Wien > Tel: +43 1 5811609/52 > Fax: +43 1 5811609/55 > http://www.geizhals.at => Preisvergleich f�r �sterreich > http://www.geizhals.net/de => Preisvergleich f�r Deutschland > http://www.geizhals.net/eu => Preisvergleich EU-�bersicht > > ---------- list options/archives/etc.: http://www.topica.com/lists/fd-dev unsubscribe: send blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ==^^=============================================================== This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?bz8Rv5.bbRv4l.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^^===============================================================
