> >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.
