From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jan 5 09:06:29 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id JAA18816 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 5 Jan 1998 09:06:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from webserver.smginc.com (webserver.smginc.com [204.170.176.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id JAA18800 for ; Mon, 5 Jan 1998 09:06:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from AdamT@smginc.com) Received: from smginc.com ([204.170.177.4]) by webserver.smginc.com (post.office MTA v2.0 0813 ID# 0-13723) with SMTP id AAA132; Mon, 5 Jan 1998 12:07:46 -0500 Received: by smginc.com with Microsoft Mail id <34B13CF5@smginc.com>; Mon, 05 Jan 98 12:05:09 PST From: Adam Turoff To: "'perlsta@sunyit.edu'" Cc: hackers Subject: RE: interested in working on windows port (sorry for cross post) Date: Mon, 05 Jan 98 12:04:00 PST Message-ID: <34B13CF5@smginc.com> X-Mailer: Microsoft Mail V3.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > I'm interested in making a windows 95/NT port of Xfree86, > i plan on using DirectX to support fast accesses to the graphical hardware. [...] Sorry, but the last time I checked, DirectX was one of those Win32 technologies that's not fully supported on NT. That may have changed with a service release of somesort for either DirectX or NT. If you're looking for a free X server for Win32, why not look at the MicroImages X server? I forget where I found it, but it's probably 2 or 3 clicks away from Cygnus' UNIX on NT resource page. >From what I remember, MicroImages had the foresight to write a multiplatform GIS package that uses X. Rather than making a Win32 version, they ported a simple X server to Windows. Don't think you can change the window manager, but (1) it works, (2) it's free and (3) it's functional, if not fullblown X. HTH, -- Adam.