I can't be bothered replying to all the questions individually on the list
about these two topics, so I'll combine them all into one email.

Firstly, Z80..  ELKS used to support Z80, however support was dropped in
about version 0.0.12 (IIRC).  There is no reason at all why the code
shouldn't be possible to reduce in size.  Infact, 'reduce' isn't even the
right word.  There's no reason we shouldn't be able to patch up and not
save space.  Z80 doesn't need most of the bloated features that ELKS has
at the moment.  Things such as hard disk support and printer support
simply aren't of much use on an embedded Z80 machine.  Personally I
believe that it's possible to make ELKS back into what it was originally
targetted as (an embeddable OS).  There is a list setup for z80
development, but it's been virtually dead for a while, despite a couple of
attempts to revive it.  It's on the same majordomo as the development
list, and it's called "elks-z80".   (email me if you need subscribtion
instructions).

Next, X..  Once again, X shouldn't be impossible to get working on a
'slow' system.  Maybe we don't support every single feature, maybe we run
daemons to handle things such as the fonts, colors and authentication.  It
should still be possible to get at least a reduced subset working.  When I
was in college a couple of years ago, we had an XT setup running windows,
and the microsoft terminal program under it.  Now, if MS can write an OS
that'll do graphics and have a full UI (w/mouse) and so on, on an XT, a
group of hackers from an Embedded Systems list should be able to shit all
over that setup. (to put it bluntly)

Davey

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