Book on MS C (really user interface portability)

[Bill Rosenkranz]

In article <452 at pai.UUCP> erc at pai.UUCP (Eric Johnson) writes:
= [stuff about X portability]
=You can run X on an IBM PC.  You can run X programs (but apparently not
=an X server) on a Cray supercomputer.  Right now, X is just about your
=only hope for providing a consistent look and feel on a graphical interface

there is no reason (i know of, anyway) that the X server itself could not
be ported to a Cray. for example, the X-MP HSX channel is capable of very 
high speed i/o to special customer hardware, including frame buffers. i know
of several custom applications of this nature, though none specifically with
X. add a keyboard and pointing device and away we go!

-bill
rosenkra%boston at hall.cray.com