> You can also consider tossing a terminal client on those 68000-series Macs > and then use another *NIX remotely. There's also the free MI/X X client > (http://www.microimages.com/), but they've pulled the 68k version from their > site and the PPC version now requires OS9. DOH! Maybe you can find a copy > online somewhere else -- I poked around and they've also pulled the copy off > of their FTP site (sometimes you get lucky and they've just removed the link > ;-). I never got around to playing with it, though, and now I might regret > it. Happy hunting! > > BTW, has anyone here used MI/X with any success? Or any other X client for > any flavor of "classic" Mac OS? What's the scoop?
MI/X, frankly, sucks. It's way too slow. I applaud MicroImages for making it freely available but it's terrible -- even on my 7300+G3/500/1MB! I actually use MacX 1.2 on my 7300, which has been widely (and truly) panned as buggy on PCI systems. However, I've found through tinkering with MacsBug that the error is due to a non-fatal F-Trap. Long and short of it is, if you install MacsBug, then whenever MacX bugs out, just type G <return>, and the program continues normally. Annoying but functional. One of these days, I'll just patch the code (I have some idea which CODE resource the error is in). MacX 1.2 came on the A/UX CDs which I have, and amazingly, the MacTCP MacX Connection Tool (7.0.1 era!) works 100% with OS 9.1 OpenTransport. If you can find 1.5 or 2.0, they're patched for PCI Power Macs and work fine, but 1.2 is much easier to find if you can tolerate the annoyance. The other advantage is that it will even run in System 6, and it's very fast on PPC. One other bug about MacX 1.2 (both on 68k and PCI) is that the Backing Store doesn't work right for some programs. xsol (Solitaire) on my Solbourne S4100/36 doesn't repaint cards properly with Backing Store enabled -- it has to be totally off. This really makes performance suck on slower systems, but if you're just using xterm, Backing Store doesn't seem to be buggy for that. Haven't tried xlander yet. :-) This may be fixed in later versions. -- ----------------------------- personal page: http://www.armory.com/~spectre/ -- Cameron Kaiser, Point Loma Nazarene University * [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- "I am Pentium of Borg. Division is futile. You will be approximated." ------ -- MaX-list is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> MaX-list info: <http://lowendmac.com/linux/max.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:max-list@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:max-list-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:max-list-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/max-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
