The collected works of xenu

In 1992 Sun has released source code of XView to the public and since then various persons and organizations maintained it. Nowadays, most of development takes place in Debian project, however project is focused mostly on supporting GNU/Linux, ignoring other platforms, and recently its activity has decreased.

I have decided to fork it and create new branch of XView which aims for portability. Few days ago I've made first release of this fork, its website is a wiki and is located here: http://xview.xenu.tk . This release comes with a few XView-based applications and with olvwm window manager. Full changelog (compared to latest Debian version) is available here: http://code.xenu.tk/repos.cgi/xview/artifact/90ea820f372058e186a7334e2464c09ebe10497a

Latest release was tested under following platforms (latest versions unless noted otherwise):

- Cygwin
- FreeBSD
- Linux
- NetBSD
- OpenBSD
- Solaris 9

It can be compiled using gcc 2.95 and newer and Open64 (any version). XView currently does not support 64-bit platforms although 64-bit port is planned.

XView API is documented in excellent O'Reilly books which are available for free at http://oreilly.com/openbook/openlook/ .

Why I'm doing this? I'm in love with OPEN LOOK look and feel, and I think that XView has prettiest C API out there.

I need your help, patches are welcome! Also, everyone can edit wiki (especially ListOfOpenLookApplications page needs a lot of work).

Back in the days, Sun produced PS/2 keyboard with standard 104-key layout (P/N: 3201256-01). What kind of machine it was intended to be used with? Here I've found the pictures.

robespierre wrote: searching "Sun 320-1256" brings up results mentioning the JavaStation, which did indeed use PS/2 peripherals.

Yup, looks like you're right JavaStation pictures usually include this keyboard.

zmttoxics wrote: It's not mysterious at all. It's a Sun Type 5C keyboard with a Sun Minidin 8 connector, not to be confused with PS2. The connectors look similar, but the electrical behind it is different. You would need an adapter to use it with a PS2 interface.

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It is not Sun Type 5c keyboard. Note that Type 5 has non-standard Sun connector and "UNIX" layout while this keyboard has PC layout and PS/2 connector.

http://xinuos.com/menu-products/server/openserver-x

So SCO xinuos has forked FreeBSD, huh?