X Windows on Mac OS?

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From: David Williams
Date: Wed, 02 Dec 1987 02:34

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Are there any plans to allow X windows to be run on the Mac OS side of the
Mac II now that the Ethertalk board is shipping? It would be extremely nice to
be able to use the mac as an Xterminal display server. This would allow Apple 
to come out with a II with fewer slots and lower cost that could be an X
workstation, without the overhead of Unix. I have heard about the 2 companies
porting news to the Mac, but it was unclear if they were targeting A/UX as the
run time environment and if it was limited to the Mac II platform.

Of course Sun, NeXt, Hp and Dec probably would not like this idea too much.

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Subject: X Windows on Mac OS?
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Date: Tue, 1-Dec-87 21:34:09 EST
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