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From: dale@boing.UUCP (Dale Luck)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: X11 for Amiga, Announcement Warning
Message-ID: <722@boing.UUCP>
Date: 29 Apr 89 15:55:10 GMT
Date-Received: 29 Apr 89 21:16:56 GMT
Reply-To: dale@boing.UUCP (Dale Luck)
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Organization: Boing, Milpitas, Ca.
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The following is an announcement. Press "n" if you don't want
to see the rest.


			April 29,1989

	X11 Released for the Amiga Computer
	-----------------------------------

	The first release of X11 that runs on the lowest cost
	computer in the world that supports X11 server and clients:
	the Amiga Personal Computer, is now available.
	   It supports displays up to 1008x1024 on a special monitor
	as well as resolutions down to 640x480 on lower cost monitors.
	   X11 on the Amiga takes advantage of the custom blitter
	chip to speed up operations. In many cases the Amiga X11 is
	just as fast if not faster than X11 machines costing much
	more.
	   The Amiga X11 uses tcp/ip over ethernet for connections to
	other machines and a highly efficient shared memory message
	passing scheme for local connections.
	   Amiga X11 is more than just a server. It includes several
	clients that run under the native Amigados os, such as uwm,
	xcalc, and bitmap. By including local client capability in
	a very low cost workstation, network bandwidth requirements
	are lessened compared to a simple X terminal.
	   The Amiga xpr supports up to fifty different printers
	both b/w and color. A single Amiga can be used as a general
	purpose print server. Printers that are supported include:
	Howtek PixelMaster, HP PaintJet, Calcomp Colormaster.
	The Amiga has standard serial and parallel ports. There is an
	optional IEEE488 interface available.
	   Amiga X11 coexists with the native windowing operating system
	of the Amiga. Because the Amiga can split it's display into
	multiple bitmaps with different resolutions and colormaps, one
	can be using uwm in one X screen, twm in another screen,
	Intuition in the standard Amiga Workbench screen, and any number
	of the amazing paint/animation programs available for the Amiga
	in another screen.
	   Xlib and Xt libraries are planned for introduction later this
	year.
	Price and Availability:  X11 for the Amiga is priced at $395.
	X11 plus Optical 3 button Mouse is $475. X11,mouse, and
	ethernet board is priced at $1339. Availability is immediate.


					Dale Luck
					GfxBase
					1881 Ellwell Dr.
					Milpitas, Ca.   95035
					408-262-1469

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Dale Luck     GfxBase/Boing, Inc.
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