X11R5 server and suport for PMAGB-B

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From: James Bonfield
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 09:53

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Hello,

	I've recently compiled up X11R5 for a Decstation 5000/240. The
original Decwindows I used was only release 4 based. However I've noticed a
substantial performance decrease.

	Hunting around has tracked this down to the fact that X11R5 does not
support the DEC graphics cards. The Imakefile in mit/server/ddx/dec/ws has a
comment saying 'Only color frame buffers are currently supported'. Is this
likely to change? There are two (currently unused) files with support for the
PMAG boards - but they only cover PMAG_[CFD]A. Any help here?

	The only solutions I can think of are to either ignore the slowness to
get a release 5 compatible decwindows server.

	Cheers,

		James

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James Bonfield (jkb@mrc-lmba.cam.ac.uk / rince@dcs.warwick.ac.uk)
Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road,
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From: rince@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (James Bonfield)
Subject: X11R5 server and suport for PMAGB-B
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Summary: Is there support for DEC graphics cards on X11R5
Keywords: X11R5 PMAG
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