RE: X-Server
: Hi! : : I just heard about the elks project; : : Does anybody know about an X-Window R11 Server running : on 16 bit systems ? : I want to transform my old 286 to an X-terminal. : Is it possible ? : If you want to run a terminal program, we have that running with ELKS' graphical applications development system, known as Microwindows. It's fairly easy to write new graphics applications, but of course we've got the 128k code/data limitations... If, OTOH, you're looking to run unmodifed X applications on 286's in real mode, I would say that, unless you've got a lot of time on your hands, it's not available. Greg
Re: elkscmd-20000107 released.
Hi Al! you wrote: > On Wed, Jan 12, 2000 at 10:54:27PM +0100, Mario Frasca wrote: > > as if no parameters are ever passed to the script. is there some hidden trick? > How are you attempting this? well, I found the problem from init and my /etc/inittab but there is a much easier way: $ ls -l . -rwxr-xr-x 1 mariousers 27 Jan 14 20:41 test $ cat test #!/bin/sh echo \"$1\" echo \"$2\" $ ./test a b c "" "" $ (by the way, I see a bug in ls: `ls -l test' doesn't see that `test' isn't a directory) in `real Linux', the output is obviously "a" "b" I did not look at it at all yet: I'm working on a version of mount/umount that makes use of /etc/fstab and /etc/mtab. I already have some sort of prototypes, but I do need a few more hours. Mario.
Re: X-Server
I too am new to the elks project. As far as I can tell, your best bet for turning a 286 into an X terminal would be through the microwindows project(http://microwindows.censoft.com). As for me, my interest in the elks project lies with networking older systems without turning to proprietary software. I have a number of older x86 machines I would very much like to set up as remote access terminals. As far as my abilities to contribute to the project, I am currently in the process of teaching myself C, so hopefully in a few weeks I should be able to start debugging and/or writing code. A question for whoever might be able to answer it: Can ELKS handle the microchannel architecture used in some IBM PS/2's? I have several PS/2 mod 55's (386sx16, 2mb ram, 60mb HDD and 1.44mb FDD) I'd like to set up using ELKS if that's possible. Thanks, all. -matt balaun --- LORENTZ Istvan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi! > > I just heard about the elks project; > > Does anybody know about an X-Window R11 Server > running > on 16 bit systems ? > I want to transform my old 286 to an X-terminal. > Is it possible ? > > Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger.
Re: X-Server
On Thu, 13 Jan 2000, LORENTZ Istvan wrote: > > Hi! > > I just heard about the elks project; > > Does anybody know about an X-Window R11 Server running > on 16 bit systems ? > I want to transform my old 286 to an X-terminal. > Is it possible ? This is an old one, which after many, many postings about whether this is at all possible usually boils down to someone admitting [s]he has an old commercial X11 or X10 server for 80286 DOS or Windows (but not working on 8088 or 8086). regards, Jakob
Re: X-Server
I recall mention of DesqViewX allowing an X-server for a 286, but I can't say I've ever seen it. Dan On Thu, 13 Jan 2000, LORENTZ Istvan wrote: > > Hi! > > I just heard about the elks project; > > Does anybody know about an X-Window R11 Server running > on 16 bit systems ? > I want to transform my old 286 to an X-terminal. > Is it possible ? > >
