19 Aug
2016
19 Aug
'16
2:40 p.m.
On Aug 19, 2016, at 11:08 AM, Chris Hanson
<cmhanson at eschatologist.net> wrote:
Back in the day, did anyone produce an X11 server for DOS-based 8086/8088 systems, say
with support for Hercules or CGA graphics? Or was that strictly a 286-or-better thing,
given the overall constraints of the 8086 architecture?
(There were plenty of mouse-and-window systems for the PC/XT back then, I expect black
& white X11 over a serial link would not be *that* bad?)
-- Chris
The only thing that comes to mind is DESQview/X, and IIRC, that required a minimum of a
386.
I tend to think that X11 over serial would be nothing short of nightmarish. After all,
that?s why we have VNC.
Zane