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MacX 1.5

MacX 1.5 Product Shot

Description

MacX software from Apple Computer delivers high-performance X Window computing for Macintosh and other Mac OS-based systems. This easy-to-use software helps increase users' productivity by enabling them to run both Macintosh applications and network-based X client applications on one Macintosh computer.

MacX enables a Mac OS-based computer to act as an X Window System display server. It supports the latest widely adopted standard for the X Window System: Version 11, Release 5 (X11R5). MacX 1.5 is optimized for accelerated performance on Power Macintosh computers while maintaining high performance on 680x0-based Macintosh systems.

With MacX, software developers, engineers, scientists, higher-education faculty and students, support personnel, and other users can access the rich application and development environments of network-based UNIX and VMS systems without sacrificing the productivity of the Mac OS environment.

With MacX, you can run X Window applications--including OSF/Motif, OpenLook, and DECWindows programs--at the same time as your familiar Macintosh applications. And MacX extends popular Macintosh features to the X Window System. For example, you can customize the software so that you can launch frequently used X Window applications simply by choosing commands from pull-down menus.

Support for multiple network protocols allows MacX to use all major X Window protocols, including TCP/IP, DECnet, and AppleTalk.

MacX: Apple's high-performance X Window solution for the Mac OS.

Features

Compatibility

  • Support for X11R5
  • Access to all X Window client applications, including OSF/Motif, OpenLook, and DECWindows
  • Seamless integration between Macintosh and X Window applications
  • Extensive font capabilities including font server, XLFD, and R6 font support
  • Support for login via xdm/xdmcp or rsh/rexec

High performance

  • Accelerated for Power Macintosh systems
  • Industry-standard Backing Store/Save Under capabilities

Ease of use

  • One-button installation
  • Full support for Macintosh System 7 user-interface features
  • Ability to copy and paste text and PICT files between X Window and Macintosh applications
  • Customizable pull-down menus
  • Support for multiple monitors

MacX 1.5

Technical Specifications

X Window features supported

  • Full X11R5 specification
  • Color and gray-scale X applications
  • Font server through the X logical font description (XLFD) protocol
  • xdm and xdmcp logins
  • rsh and rexec logins
  • ICCCM window management
  • Rooted or rootless windows
  • Automated host login and client startup

Supported network packages

  • Apple TCP/IP Connection for Macintosh
  • DEC PATHWORKS for Macintosh
  • InterCon TCP/Connect II
  • Novell LAN Workplace for Macintosh
  • Wollongong PathWay Access

System requirements

  • Apple Macintosh, Power Macintosh, PowerBook, or other Mac OS-based computer
  • 68030, 68040, or PowerPC processor
  • Macintosh system software version 7.1 or later
  • At least 5MB of RAM for 680x0-based computers (8MB recommended), and 8MB for PowerPC processor-based computers (16MB recommended)
  • Local or network access to a CD-ROM drive
  • Access to a UNIX or VMS host via one of the following connections:
  • -- Direct Ethernet or Token Ring
  • -- LocalTalk bridged to Ethernet
  • -- Remote access via PPP, SLIP, or ARA

Ordering Information

MacX 1.5

  • Order No. M0108Z/E
  • CD-ROM containing MacX for both 680x0-based and PowerPC processor-based Macintosh systems and MacTCP, Apple DocViewer, SimpleText, and Disk Copy software
  • MacX Getting Started guide

MacX 1.5 20-User Kit

  • Order No. M3780Z/A

MacX 1.5 Volume License Kit

  • In the U.S., order No. M4462LL/A
  • Product specifications are subject to change. Check with your Apple reseller for the most current information about product specifications and configurations.
  • For more information about MacX, we encourage you to visit Apple's Web site at http://www.apple.com/ or our FTP site at ftp.support.apple.com.

(c) 1995 Apple Computer, Inc. All rights reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, AppleTalk, LocalTalk, Macintosh, MacTCP, MacX, PowerBook, and Power Macintosh are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S.A. and other countries. Mac and DocViewer are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. PowerPC is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation, used under license therefrom. UNIX is a registered trademark of Novell, Inc. in the United States and other countries, licensed exclusively through X/Open Company, Ltd. DECnet and VMS are trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation. X Window System is a trademark of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Mention of non-Apple products is for informational purposes only and constitutes neither an endorsement nor a recommendation. Apple assumes no responsibility with regard to the selection, performance, or use of these products. All understandings, agreements, or warranties, if any, take place directly between the vendors and the prospective users.

June 1995. Product specifications are subject to change without notice. Printed in U.S.A.

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