> >> So, as I said, you don't need a powerful processor just to run > >> the X server. > > > > Some early X terminals used a 68k and were fast enough. > > Sun
I don't know that Sun ever made X-Terminals. Although you could argue that a diskless workstation is pretty close to an X-Terminal. > I think NCD used 68k's as well. Also fairly low res (For nowdays). The NCD 68k with 19" tubes run 1280x1024. > But > did go a lot quicker, probably because they really were dedicated... > Even so, my 5 year old laptop with 1400x1050 32bit colour, > un-accelerated graphics (r128) under Linux is several times faster... A 5 year old laptop is a LOT newer than a 68k based NCD. I think the 68k based NCD came out approx 1986-87 or so? Electronics makes a lot of progress in 15 years. _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
