>http://www.xfree86.org/pipermail/xpert/2000-September/001331.html

I do not have a box running X, as my hard drive died a few weeks ago.
Using the figures on the page, however, NetBSD would use about 2MB, the X
server uses about 8MB. This leaves you with 6MB; quite enough memory for a
small game.

>It is entirely possible to run an X server that takes less than 1MB of
>memory (using Keith Packard's Kdrive setup).  It is even possible to
>have a full XFree86 server using about 2-4 MB.

Yes. That is possible. The features of X you (or at least I) would like
for game development are excluded in such a setup. This leaves you with,
for all intensive purposes, a frame buffer with a more complex interface.

I would rather make a simple frame buffer, than fit X on a DC, and have
close to 16MB to play with than have to deal with X and have only 6MB to
play with.

To each his own, though. If you really want X, port it.

--Drew Vogel