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From: briggs@puma.bevd.blacksburg.va.us (Allen Briggs)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: 8bit X server for Mac NetBSD, when?
Date: 18 Aug 1995 05:27:16 GMT
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In article <xjn68jxsgrr.fsf@aristotle.cs.unm.edu>,
Jason E. Stewart <jasons@aristotle.cs.unm.edu> wrote:
>I work on a large HCI interface project and need Unix and 8bit X
>support to get it working. It already works under linux and I would be
>interested in seeing it run under NetBSD. 
>
>I saw from the Mac NetBSD info that only a 1bit server is currently
>available, is this still true? And if so is there any hope that any
>8bit version will be out before Oct?

There's some hope, but not a whole lot.  The server itself isn't hard,
but the kernel support for switching video modes and, more importantly,
loading values into the palette needs to be added.  This is on my list,
but not too high up on it...  :-(

-allen

-- 
Allen Briggs - end killing - allen.briggs@bev.net ** MacBSD == NetBSD/mac68k **
   Where does all my time go?  <a href="http://www.netbsd.org/">Guess.</a>