Subject: Re: XWindows
To: jeff schindall <jeff@wave2i.nrl.navy.mil>
From: Jonathan Short <shortj@leviathan.ele.uri.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 04/08/1996 22:19:26
On Mon, 8 Apr 1996, jeff schindall wrote:

> >I only have 4M of RAM.  Will XWindows run on this, just really slow, or
> >will it not run at all?  Thanks,
> >                          Jonathan
> 
> 
> Don't bother except for the thrill seeing it on your monitor.  I tried and
> once it finally came up on my mac II, I tried to relocate a single xterm
> and macbsd began swapping like mad.
> 
> 
> 
>  -jeff schindall
> 
> 
What exactly do you mean by "swapping like mad?"  How long did it take 
for the xterm to be relocated?  Will it help if I run my window manager 
remotely off of a computer at a local college? Thanks,
Jonathan