From:	jqb AT netcom DOT com (Jim Balter)
Subject:	Re: precompiled X11 libs
1 Feb 1997 01:56:16 -0800 :
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Original-To:	Joe Marzot <gmarzot AT baynetworks DOT com>
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Joe Marzot wrote:
> 
> does this mean my X apps will now port and run on NT without a
> commercial X server? what's to stop the XFree 86 server from running
> under cygwin?

Among other things, the mechanisms that the video servers use to access
the hardware registers would have to be emulated or rewritten for
Windows.

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