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Re: server X
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- Subject: Re: server X
- From: mh at mike dot franken dot de (Michael Hirmke)
- Date: 22 Sep 1998 20:26:00 +0200
- Organization: Kommunikationsnetz Franken e.V. (Nuernberg)
Hi David,
>Sergey Okhapkin <sos@prospect.com.ru> writes:
>
>> Porting _Xfree86_ to win32 is a bad idea, because Xfree86 requires direct
>> video hardware access.
>
>Could you expand on this further? Why is direct video hardware access
>more of a problem under windows than it is under Unix?
Because Windows NT doesn't allow any direct access to the hardware.
>--
>David Fox http://www.cat.nyu.edu/fox xoF divaD
Bye.
Michael.
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