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MrMacPlus

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I just found a download to this, MacX, can it be used to run select UNIX software on a mac if everything is compiled?

 

Charlieman

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MacX performs as a display terminal. The heavy lifting is performed on the remote (mainly Unix) device, with the graphical output displayed in MacX. Research "X11".

 

porter

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I just found a download to this, MacX, can it be used to run select UNIX software on a mac if everything is compiled?
If we're talking about the same thing, MacX is an X server, eg a way for UNIX boxes to display graphics, where the Mac becomes a "remote graphics terminal".

 

porter

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It would run in the Macintosh environment of A/UX with no change.

Rewriting as an UNIX/X11 application would be a completely different kettle of fish, do-able, but whether it's worth it is another matter.

 
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