From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jul 3 19:12:44 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA03945 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 3 Jul 1997 19:12:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA03935 for ; Thu, 3 Jul 1997 19:12:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id LAA15932; Fri, 4 Jul 1997 11:38:53 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199707040208.LAA15932@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Fwd: ANNOUNCE: The 1.44 Mbyte Web Challenge (comp.windows.x.apps) In-Reply-To: <199707031522.VAA19934@hq.icb.chel.su> from "Serge A. Babkin" at "Jul 3, 97 09:22:57 pm" To: babkin@hq.icb.chel.su (Serge A. Babkin) Date: Fri, 4 Jul 1997 11:38:52 +0930 (CST) Cc: abial@korin.warman.org.pl, luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Serge A. Babkin stands accused of saying: > > I tried it - their dealer had this demo on his server in Poland. Well, to > > be frank - it's really, really COOOLLL. It's probably impossible with > > Xfree86 size to beat this as a whole. > > I did not saw this demo but probably it does not use X. QNX has its > own windowing system that is much less in size than X. XFree86 runs on QNX (naturally 8), but you're right, the IAT demo disk uses the Photon MicroGUI, which is a remarkable piece of work. In fact, the whole thing is an excellent example of what embedded OS' are good for; however, you'll note after using it for a few minutes that you quickly run up against their limitations - you can't _do_ much with it! > -SB -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[