IBM 6153 Mochrome Display

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2 total messages Started by Michael Pak Tue, 31 Jul 1990 13:03

#800

Author: Michael Pak
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 1990 13:03

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hi there.

   Is there anywhere an X server for an IBM 6153 (apa8) monochrome display?
I would appreciate any pointers or suggestions.

 Thanks.

Re: IBM 6153 Mochrome Display

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Author: karish
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 1990 16:17

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In article <misha.649429430@mush> misha@huji.ac.il (Michael Pak) writes:
>   Is there anywhere an X server for an IBM 6153 (apa8) monochrome display?
>I would appreciate any pointers or suggestions.

X-windows for AIX supports the 6153.  If yours is called apa8, though,
you're running ACIS 4.3.

IBM didn't distribute a server for that device.  It shouldn't be too
difficult to write one from the sample server; the device isn't very
complicated.  The real question is, why bother?  The screen's
resolution isn't high enough to support multiple windows in a
reasonable-sized font.  If you have a water-filled enlarging lens like
the ones they put on TVs in the '50s, or a _Brazil_-style Fresnel lens,
it might be worthwhile.

Those displays work quite well with the native multi-screen capability
in AIX.  That would be a better development target: a screen manager
that allows multiple sessions, with the text of background sessions
saved in video RAM for instant retrieval.
-- 

	Chuck Karish		karish@mindcraft.com
	Mindcraft, Inc.		(415) 323-9000

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