>OK I know this sounds really strange, but are there any plans to port X to >ELKS? I know it won't run on most machines, but I guess a 286 with 2MB >might be able to handle it. After all, win3.1 runs on it... >Maybe just a subset of it's features, just enough to make it possible to >export apps running on another computer to it. This would make for a GREAT >low-end graphical terminal... >OC, TCP/IP would have to be implemented first... > >Just some silly idea... X really needs a large address space so 32 bit addresses and pointers are critical. I don't think a 286 can hack it. Plus it will be slow. Even a 386 is a bit slow for X. If all you want is a diskless X-terminal there are lots of ways to do this with a 3/4/586 and Linux. A lighter windowing system like perhaps mgr or W may make it. But all this is speculation. People to code are needed more than discussion.
