Isildur:
 Thanks for the precision answer to my unclear question #5.
I meant a *NetBSD* X server! 8]
-Don


> On Thu, 29 Aug 2002, Don Smith wrote:
> > 1. Is any QDSS support working in 1.5.2?
> someone else knows, i dont.
>
> > 2. Is all QDSS support based on BSD4.3 code?
>
> yes
> > 3. Is BSD4.3 code currently broken and re-fixed in 1.6 (in the change
> > notes)?
> dont know about 1.6. it works in 4.3 though.
>
> > 4. What's the order of magnitude of the scope of work (hours required by
a
> > good programmer)
> >      to complete wscons (and X w/keyboard and mouse) support for QDSS?
> >     (e.g. A real developer could knock this out in a couple of
> > hours/days/weeks/months/years.)
> probably ranging from hours to days, leaving towards the days end of
> that. just my guess.
>
> > 5. Was there *ever* a fully-functioning (graphics+mouse+keyboard) X
server
> > for QDSS?
>
> yes. now-ancient versions of X work under 4.3,4.4, cmu mach (essentially
> 4.3), and dont forget the VMS X server which certainly supports the board
> as well. ;)
> There used to be a net-reachable copy of images somewhere in the athena
> directories in mit's afs-land, which looked to me like enough of a system
> to get an (mit-athena'ified) x setup running. Certainly at cmu they used
to
> have oodles of microVAXen running mach and X.
>
> probably the two easiest ways to get X on that qdss are to install 4.3bsd
> or install vms.. though by all means, if you make it work with wscons,
> very cool!
>
> happy hacking
> isildur