Category : UNIX Files
Archive   : MGR_LNX1.ZIP
Filename : RELNOTES.MGR

Linux MGR-VGA beta version 0.02.

Minimun requirements:
* Linux pre0.96 or better.
* VGA card or better. There is support for SVGA modes
800x600, 1024x768 and 768x1024 (Note: 1024x768 and 768x1024
modes are untested, since my monitor won't handle those
resolutions)
* About 6MB of HD space. More or less depending on the
features, fonts, source, etc.
* MGR uses PTYs, so you must configure the Kernel accordingly.
(i.e., one pty per window, so the more ptys you define the
more windows you can open)
* GCC to be able to link the program.
* Microsoft Compatible Serial mouse.
* Lots of time and patience.

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Porting notes:
* The base for the port was the Sparc MGR code.
* STTY->TERMIO changes from bellcore.mgr (Posted by Stephen
Uhler from Bellcore, [email protected])
* Write.c and destroy.c from NewXenix Mgr by Chain Lee.
* Main blitbit routines based on Minix's GASBLIT library by
Thomas Heller.
* Uses VGALINUX library's routines for VGA support by Tommy
Frandsen ([email protected]) with hacks for SVGA mode by me
and text restore by Zeyd ([email protected]) and me.
* Uses selection-1.0 Microsoft serial mouse driver code by
Andrew Haylett ([email protected]).

For historical reasons (and my own amusement) the following bitblit
libraries are included:
- stublib - used to aid you in porting MGR to a new platform.
From the SPARC mgr distribution.
- oblit - sun2/sun3 version of blitbit. (Compiles and SORT
of works 🙂 from the SPARC mgr distribution.
- pc-blit - based on pc-blit by Chain Lee. (xenix mgr dist)
- vgablit - Currently used based in gasblit and vgalinux

Alex Liu
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labrat%[email protected]