From: dsfox@cogsci.ucsd.edu (David Fox)
Subject: Re: server X
22 Sep 1998 01:40:29 -0700
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Sergey Okhapkin <sos@prospect.com.ru> writes:

> Porting _Xfree86_ to win32 is a bad idea, because Xfree86 requires direct 
> video hardware access.

Could you expand on this further?  Why is direct video hardware access
more of a problem under windows than it is under Unix?
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David Fox          http://www.cat.nyu.edu/fox		xoF divaD
UCSD HCI Lab          dsfox@cogsci.ucsd.edu          baL ICH DSCU
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