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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!imci3!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.mathworks.com!fu-berlin.de!news.belwue.de!news.uni-stuttgart.de!uni-regensburg.de!lrz-muenchen.de!isar.de!augsburg.isar.net!194.45.233.6!roell From: roell@xinside.com (Thomas Roell) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Why to not buy Matrox Millennium Date: 05 Apr 1996 10:45:32 GMT Organization: X Inside Inc. Lines: 24 Message-ID: <ROELL.96Apr5124532@blah.xinside.com> References: <4j6msk$ho@darkstar.my.lan> <4jp0qa$6q@darkstar.my.lan> <4jq300$5nc@lisa.cs.mcgill.ca> <ROELL.96Apr3180601@blah.xinside.com> <DpC74w.AKD.0.-s@cs.vu.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: blah.a.isar.de In-reply-to: philip@cs.vu.nl's message of Thu, 4 Apr 1996 12:10:08 GMT Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.apps:14240 comp.os.linux.development.system:20828 comp.os.linux.x:28773 comp.os.linux.hardware:35667 comp.os.linux.setup:49333 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:491 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:3043 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2812 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:16812 > %First off, I think we never dropped support for any card we started to > %support. Secondly, the X11 protocol has been stable and unchanged > %since X11R1. That means in case there would be an X11R9, you still can > %use a X11R1 based X-Server to run all your clients. Hence it does not > %really matter which X-Server version and which client version you have > %(unless you have buggy clients or a buggy X-Server). > > You mean that compared to the X11R1 sample server you only loose all scaled > fonts (what was the binary font format called in X11R3? snf), no font server > support, no xdm, no (or incompatible MAGIC cookies), no SHAPE extensions, > no DGA, no xkb, no display postscript, ...) Everything you mention above does not have anything to do with the core X-protocol. They are either extensions, or other mechanisms independant of the core protocol. What that means is that it is possible to run normal X-clients from X11R6 on a X11R1 based X-Server. - Thomas -- Denver Office THOMAS ROELL /\ Das Reh springt hoch, +1(303)298-7478 X INSIDE INC / \/\ das Reh springt weit, 1801 Broadway, Suite 1710 / \ \/\ was soll es tun, Denver, CO 80202 roell@xinside.com / Oelch! \ \ es hat ja Zeit.