VNC and basilisk ...

[Rui Carmo]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-vnc-list "at" uk.research.att.com
> [mailto:owner-vnc-list "at" uk.research.att.com]On Behalf Of Tim Senecal
> Sent: Segunda-feira, 1 de Novembro de 1999 17:37
> To: vnc-list "at" uk.research.att.com
> Subject: RE: VNC and basilisk ...
>=20
> so, the a little more bluntly this time: "If there was a vnc server =
that
> ran inside basilisk, why go through the hassle of reconstructing =
basilisk
> to support the vnc protocol directly?"
>=20

Because I would be able to run multiple copies of it from a central, =
more powerful, machine, without wasting emulated CPU cycles on the VNC =
protocol.

And the basilisk rfb server would be a new display layer on basilisk, =
similar to the X and DGA layers - therefore far more efficient.

> 2) I haven't downloaded the source code for basilisk.  Has anyone done
> this?   how difficult is it to compile?, does it allow backside (host =
os)
> routines to be added easily?=20

Not _very_ easily, but the intermediate meta-display layer is there.

> or will you essentially have to add a 68k
> server to the display driver on the macintosh side of things?

Nope. Just a new display layer... Mind you, I won't do it myself - I =
don't have the time or the right toolchain on a stable Unix box.

But I'm currently running Basilisk in full-screen mode over a =
800x600x16bit Xvnc display (with a wrapper script and a few config =
tweaks) on a Sun box, and it screams over our switched Fast Ethernet =
LAN. I can only imagine what it might do if I cut out the Mac->X->VNC =
conversion... 8')

R.


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