From: torek@torek.net (Chris Torek)
Subject: [TUHS] X and NeWS history (long)
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2017 16:44:01 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201709122344.v8CNi1w8093101@elf.torek.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 12 Sep 2017 16:22:27 -0700." <201709122322.v8CNMRUu011489@darkstar.fourwinds.com>
>Well, just to nitpick, I remember that much of SunView was a library but it
>relied on special device drivers with complicated ioctls and such. I don't
>recall that it be easily separated from the OS.
My (fuzzy) memory was that you called library routines to do
rasterops, and they consulted with the specific frame buffer
hardware in a way that, to (mis)quote Dennis Ritchie, had:
unwarranted chumminess with the ... implementation
[see http://c-faq.com/struct/structhack.html for actual quote].
This meant if your rasterop was misbehaving, it could be a
bug in a driver, or in the hardware.
(I remember this from trying to chase down some weird rasterop
behavior, or some such.)
Chris
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2017-09-08 20:54 [TUHS] Happy birthday, Dennis Ritchie! Dave Horsfall
2017-09-08 21:04 ` Noel Chiappa
2017-09-08 21:09 ` Michael Kjörling
2017-09-09 1:16 ` Wesley Parish
2017-09-09 1:30 ` [TUHS] File-as-record (was: Happy birthday, Dennis Ritchie!) Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2017-09-09 1:43 ` Warner Losh
2017-09-09 1:50 ` Wesley Parish
2017-09-09 13:59 ` [TUHS] File-as-record Arthur Krewat
2017-09-11 17:26 ` [TUHS] File-as-record (was: Happy birthday, Dennis Ritchie!) Paul Winalski
2017-09-09 4:34 ` [TUHS] Happy birthday, Dennis Ritchie! Steve Johnson
2017-09-09 13:04 ` William Cheswick
2017-09-09 17:26 ` Steve Nickolas
2017-09-09 17:49 ` Arthur Krewat
2017-09-09 19:40 ` Steve Nickolas
2017-09-09 20:33 ` Lawrence Stewart
2017-09-09 21:56 ` Steve Johnson
2017-09-10 1:27 ` Dave Horsfall
2017-09-11 16:20 ` Paul Winalski
2017-09-09 15:55 ` Clem Cole
2017-09-08 22:28 ` Steve Nickolas
2017-09-09 11:04 ` Michael Kjörling
2017-09-09 11:19 ` Steve Nickolas
2017-09-08 21:05 ` Arthur Krewat
2017-09-08 21:14 ` William Pechter
2017-09-08 22:13 ` Angus Robinson
2017-09-08 23:11 ` William Pechter
2017-09-09 5:13 ` Dave Horsfall
2017-09-09 15:41 ` Larry McVoy
2017-09-09 4:20 ` Dave Horsfall
2017-09-11 16:30 ` Paul Winalski
2017-09-11 16:49 ` [TUHS] Happy birthday, Dennis Ritchie! [ really sun vs dec/apollo ] Jon Steinhart
2017-09-11 17:37 ` Paul Winalski
2017-09-11 23:09 ` Larry McVoy
2017-09-12 7:38 ` arnold
2017-09-12 14:12 ` Ronald Natalie
2017-09-12 14:51 ` Toby Thain
2017-09-12 15:33 ` arnold
2017-09-12 15:35 ` [TUHS] Happy birthday, Dennis Ritchie! [ really sun vs dec/apollo --> X and NeWS ] Jon Steinhart
2017-09-12 16:57 ` Larry McVoy
2017-09-12 17:04 ` Arthur Krewat
2017-09-12 17:07 ` Larry McVoy
2017-09-12 22:11 ` [TUHS] X and NeWS history (long) Jon Steinhart
2017-09-12 22:58 ` Larry McVoy
2017-09-12 23:22 ` Jon Steinhart
2017-09-12 23:44 ` Chris Torek [this message]
2017-09-12 23:41 ` Adam Sampson
2017-09-13 0:14 ` Jon Steinhart
2017-09-13 16:38 ` [TUHS] old X versions (was:X and NeWS history) Christian Groessler
2017-09-13 19:10 ` Kurt H Maier
2017-09-13 19:13 ` Henry Bent
2017-09-19 0:44 ` Random832
2017-09-19 10:30 ` Nigel Williams
2017-09-19 14:05 ` Jon Steinhart
2017-09-19 15:16 ` Gregg Levine
2017-09-19 15:39 ` [TUHS] old X versions Chet Ramey
2017-09-19 18:23 ` Nemo
2017-09-19 18:32 ` Clem Cole
2017-09-19 18:32 ` Chet Ramey
2017-09-19 18:34 ` Jon Steinhart
2017-09-19 18:43 ` Chet Ramey
2017-09-19 19:19 ` Stephen Kitt
2017-09-19 15:40 ` [TUHS] old X versions (was:X and NeWS history) Clem Cole
2017-09-19 17:01 ` Steve Nickolas
2017-09-19 17:15 ` Gregg Levine
2017-09-19 18:56 ` Derek Fawcus
2017-09-19 19:22 ` [TUHS] old X versions Arthur Krewat
2017-09-19 20:15 ` [TUHS] old X versions (was:X and NeWS history) Gregg Levine
2017-09-19 18:30 ` Nemo
2017-09-19 23:40 ` Wesley Parish
2017-09-19 23:46 ` [TUHS] old X versions Grant Taylor
2017-09-20 0:06 ` Arthur Krewat
2017-09-13 0:29 ` [TUHS] X and NeWS history (long) Bakul Shah
2017-09-13 0:52 ` ron minnich
2017-09-13 0:54 ` Warner Losh
2017-09-13 0:56 ` ron minnich
2017-09-13 0:57 ` Warner Losh
2017-09-13 2:06 ` Kurt H Maier
2017-09-13 3:34 ` ron minnich
2017-09-13 3:55 ` Jon Steinhart
2017-09-13 15:16 ` Arthur Krewat
2017-09-13 15:42 ` [TUHS] X and NeWS history (long) [ really systemd, student access to real code ] Jon Steinhart
2017-09-13 1:42 ` [TUHS] X and NeWS history (long) Arthur Krewat
2017-09-13 2:27 ` Grant Taylor
2017-09-13 16:14 ` Lawrence Stewart
2017-09-13 0:56 ` Jon Steinhart
2017-09-13 1:34 ` Bakul Shah
2017-09-13 2:43 ` Grant Taylor
2017-09-13 3:01 ` Jon Steinhart
2017-09-13 3:25 ` Grant Taylor
2017-09-13 3:27 ` Jon Steinhart
2017-09-13 15:09 ` Tony Finch
2017-09-13 15:19 ` Jon Steinhart
2017-09-12 23:33 ` [TUHS] Happy birthday, Dennis Ritchie! [ really sun vs dec/apollo --> X and NeWS ] Dave Horsfall
2017-09-12 20:15 ` Steve Johnson
2017-09-13 2:23 ` Larry McVoy
2017-09-14 0:53 ` Nemo
2017-09-14 1:18 ` Henry Bent
2017-09-14 3:15 ` Larry McVoy
2017-09-14 9:35 ` Rico Pajarola
2017-09-14 11:11 ` arnold
2017-09-14 12:13 ` Rico Pajarola
2017-09-14 12:50 ` Chet Ramey
2017-09-14 13:27 ` Rico Pajarola
2017-09-14 14:30 ` Chet Ramey
2017-09-14 13:21 ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2017-09-14 19:44 ` arnold
2017-09-14 20:22 ` [TUHS] Tools and building: libtool, autoconf, etc. [ trying to have a relevant subject line ] Jon Steinhart
2017-09-14 20:32 ` Ron Natalie
2017-09-14 21:00 ` Chris Torek
2017-09-14 21:03 ` Ron Natalie
2017-09-14 22:26 ` Grant Taylor
2017-09-16 3:34 ` Larry McVoy
2017-09-16 4:16 ` Warner Losh
2017-09-16 5:08 ` Dave Horsfall
2017-09-16 3:33 ` Larry McVoy
2017-09-14 20:41 ` Bakul Shah
2017-09-14 21:00 ` Noel Hunt
2017-09-15 17:42 ` [TUHS] Happy birthday, Dennis Ritchie! [ really sun vs dec/apollo --> X and NeWS ] Steffen Nurpmeso
2017-09-14 20:31 ` Ian Zimmerman
2017-09-15 3:16 ` Dave Horsfall
2017-09-15 3:33 ` Warner Losh
2017-09-15 8:32 ` Ron Natalie
2017-09-15 12:42 ` Arthur Krewat
2017-09-15 18:20 ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2017-09-15 18:37 ` Paul Winalski
2017-09-13 7:30 ` arnold
2017-09-13 13:35 ` Larry McVoy
2017-09-13 23:55 ` Dave Horsfall
2017-09-14 0:18 ` Henry Bent
2017-09-14 2:10 ` Larry McVoy
2017-09-14 19:37 ` Steve Johnson
2017-09-14 19:54 ` Steve Nickolas
2017-09-14 20:50 ` Ian Zimmerman
2017-09-14 21:00 ` Ron Natalie
2017-09-14 20:11 ` Ron Natalie
2017-09-14 20:26 ` Jon Steinhart
2017-09-19 0:52 ` Random832
2017-09-19 2:50 ` Larry McVoy
2017-09-19 2:56 ` Gregg Levine
2017-09-19 3:37 ` Larry McVoy
2017-09-19 6:52 ` Lars Brinkhoff
2017-09-19 7:22 ` Ian Zimmerman
2017-09-19 13:22 ` Larry McVoy
2017-09-19 13:53 ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2017-09-19 13:56 ` Larry McVoy
2017-09-19 17:56 ` Random832
2017-09-19 18:31 ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2017-09-19 18:34 ` Larry McVoy
2017-09-19 19:31 ` Lawrence Stewart
2017-09-20 3:13 ` Larry McVoy
2017-09-23 22:24 ` Ralph Corderoy
2017-09-19 14:32 ` Clem Cole
2017-09-19 14:42 ` Larry McVoy
2017-09-19 15:12 ` Clem Cole
2017-09-19 18:03 ` Random832
2017-09-10 9:44 ` [TUHS] Happy birthday, Dennis Ritchie! arnold
2017-09-13 23:22 ` Dave Horsfall
2017-09-14 16:11 ` Ian Zimmerman
2017-09-14 16:15 ` Steve Nickolas
2017-09-14 19:30 ` Theodore Ts'o
2017-09-14 19:52 ` Steve Nickolas
2017-09-14 22:03 ` Christian Groessler
2017-09-14 22:39 ` Erik Berls
2017-09-14 22:52 ` ron minnich
2017-09-14 23:04 ` Warner Losh
2017-09-14 23:14 ` Bakul Shah
2017-09-15 19:01 ` Chris Torek
2017-09-15 19:50 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2017-09-15 19:56 ` ron minnich
2017-09-15 20:34 ` Chris Torek
2017-09-14 23:06 ` Bakul Shah
2017-09-15 0:47 ` ron minnich
2017-09-14 19:39 ` Kurt H Maier
2017-09-14 20:09 ` [TUHS] Happy birthday, Dennis Ritchie! [ really Pottering vs UNIX ] Jon Steinhart
2017-09-14 21:35 ` [TUHS] Happy birthday, Dennis Ritchie! Theodore Ts'o
2017-09-15 1:40 ` Ron Natalie
2017-09-15 14:04 ` Larry McVoy
2017-09-16 3:40 ` Larry McVoy
2017-09-16 7:45 ` Steve Nickolas
2017-09-16 12:59 ` Ron Natalie
2017-09-16 18:19 ` Andy Kosela
2017-09-17 18:37 ` Chet Ramey
2017-09-18 15:11 ` Steve Johnson
2017-09-16 19:20 ` arnold
2017-09-17 1:43 ` Larry McVoy
2017-09-17 1:55 ` Jon Steinhart
2017-09-17 2:14 ` Warner Losh
2017-09-17 2:18 ` Larry McVoy
2017-09-17 14:27 ` Warner Losh
2017-09-17 5:13 ` Ian Zimmerman
2017-09-17 5:19 ` arnold
2017-09-17 18:49 ` Chet Ramey
2017-09-17 18:57 ` Kurt H Maier
2017-09-17 19:08 ` Warner Losh
2017-09-17 19:33 ` Bakul Shah
2017-09-17 19:22 ` Chet Ramey
2017-09-17 18:43 ` Chet Ramey
2017-09-18 0:12 ` Larry McVoy
2017-09-18 0:51 ` Clem Cole
2017-09-17 18:25 ` Chet Ramey
2017-09-13 15:17 [TUHS] X and NeWS history (long) Richard Tobin
2017-09-13 16:01 ` Jon Steinhart
2017-09-14 1:08 ` Nemo
2017-09-14 3:14 ` Larry McVoy
2017-09-13 18:54 Nelson H. F. Beebe
2017-09-13 21:27 ` ron minnich
2017-09-14 12:30 Richard Tobin
2017-09-14 15:12 ` Warner Losh
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