Subject: Re: X on Spectrum
To: Jody Fanning <jodyf@earthlight.co.nz>
From: Bernd Ernesti <netbsd@arresum.inka.de>
List: amiga
Date: 09/18/1995 10:26:52
On Sun Sep 17 22:20:22 1995, Jody Fanning wrote:
>
> Thanks to those who replied to me about running X on the Spectrum.
>
> It works great after doing the mknod grf3 :-) The only thing now is to get it
> to change screen modes? If I change the mode in the .xserverrc the display
> breaks up.
>
> Someone mentioned that the Xcl server was faster than Xamiga24. What modes
> does it support (are they the same as Xamiga24)?
NO, you misunderstand me. The modes in Xamiga24 come from the kernel, BUT grf_cl
in NetBSD-current needs an extra prgramm to tell the Xserver this modes.
Why do I write readme's so that noone read them ?
> Anything else I should know about it before I get a copy?
Read the extra readme for grfconfig.
Bernd