Subject: Re: True-color X server (Re: X WINDOWS WORKS ON PB160 !!!)
To: None <port-mac68k@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Taras Ivanenko <ivanenko@ctpa03.mit.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 05/09/1997 09:55:09
> > BTW, I hope future versions of X will allow you to choose 1 or 8 bit mode.
> > Some people's machines might be able to do 8 bit mode but work faster
> > in 1 bit mode.
>
> True! Haven't thought of it, actually. When color support is merged
> into the official unofficial X server, it will be nice to have this
> option...
When I get tired with color X (not very often) I switch to 1-bit mode
and use the Xserver from the standard distribution. The only problem I
see with this approach is ~1Mb extra file on disk. (I do not use xdm).
Taras Ivanenko.