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Subject: Re: [9fans] So What is P9 good for.....
From: "Skip Tavakkolian" <fst@centurytel.net>
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Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 09:30:29 -0800
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> Well, not quite; to really displace X-Windows it would
> have needed (in addition to *much* better marketing):

I agree on the marketing.

> - more channels (7 not enough)
> - some way to support multiple display platforms (not
>    just 5620/630/730, and even for those one needed
>    duplicate device-dependent downloadable images).

I recall one of the universities ported the DMD software to an Atari
ST (68000) about the time we were selling an IDRIS+X10R3 on STs
in '87.  DMD for ST worked well.  They couldn't release the sources
then, of course.

> - color