> > > >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... > > > > > 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. > > There used to be DesqView/X (a long time ago) which would run on a 286 > with 2MB (I think) and an EGA-card minimum. However, I think ELKS > will be better of concentrating on the 8086 --- after all, Linux will > run on a 80386, and coding for the 80286 alone is rather a > niche-market. Yeah I just bought a used copy of DesqView/X, and the box says it needs at least 4 megs. We'll see; I'm gonna try it this weekend. --- _______ KB7PWD @ KC7Y.AZ.US.NOAM [EMAIL PROTECTED] (_ | |_) Shawn T. Rutledge on the web: http://www.bigfoot.com/~ecloud __) | | \__________________________________________________________________
