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Download mixppc.sit_.bin (1.83 MB)
For System 7.0 - 7.6 - Mac OS 9
Download mix68k.sit_.hqx (2.49 MB)
For System 7.0 - 7.6 - Mac OS 9
Emulation
Guides on emulating older applications

An X Server for the Classic Macintosh. It has the requisite features (host allow/deny, background configurability, etc.) and comes with twm, although you can use any other window manager. Allows you to use your classic Mac as an X terminal in a network environment -- MI/X works fine as an X terminal emulator. Performs a similar function to the Apple X Server software MacX. The first d/l is the PPC version (released 1998). The second d/l is the 68k version (released 1997).

Compatibility
Architecture: 68k PPC

Separate installers for either 68k & PPC macintosh.

See also: MachTen X11 Client 1.5.0, MacX 1.2, MacX 2.0 and eXodusII 7.0 for other classic Macintosh X-server software.

Comments

by HV - 2012, October 25 - 8:42am

I did not know that. It's not very intuitive.

by mrdav - 2012, October 24 - 10:08pm

You can access the files uploaded here by going into edit mode first. Eventually an admin will make the link work without having to do this. This is a problem with all new uploads here and it will probably always be with us.

by HV - 2012, October 24 - 8:13pm

The 68k link didn't work for me but armed with the filename, I was able to found it elsewhere. (MicroImages used to provide MI/X for free.)

ftp://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/5.3/i386.de/dosutils/mix/mac_os/mix68k...

It does work on my Quadra 650 running Mac OS 7.6.1. Easy to use. Could export a simple xterm (but the built-in twm didn't support well the Secure Keyboard option.) I could use ImageMagick after I allocated 24MB to the application, the default 4MB didn't do it.

Need to see how it behave with some more complex software.

Screen grab: http://eintr.net/temporaire/MIX-xterm-demo.png

by mrdav - 2012, October 17 - 7:31am

I don't know whether the 68k version works with any version of System 6