This demo version of Omni-X
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Try X Windows

If you are reading this from a PC running one of the MicroSloth operating systems, you will need an X server that will run under MicroSloth WhenDoes 95/98/NT in order to try X Windows on your PC. For that purpose, we offer you the opportunity to download and try Omni-X, an X server for MicroSloth's WhenDoes 95/98/NT operating systems.
 

Installing Omni-X on your Windows 95/98/NT workstation

Downloading and Installing Omni-X

The software that is offered here is a demo version of Omni-X, an X server for Windows 95/98/NT. Omni-X is easy to install:
  1. Click the Download link, which appears below, to get your copy of omnix.exe, making note of the location of the saved copy on your own workstation.
  2. After the download is complete, double-click the downloaded copy of omnix.exe on your workstation; Omni-X will prompt you to make the necessary choices to complete the installation.
Restrictions: The size of this download is 7,921,149 bytes. Typical download time on our local net (where speed averages around 280 Kbytes/sec) is about 30-40 seconds. In order to complete the installation, you will need a minimum of 40 Megabytes of disk space on your local hard drive. This is a fully functional demo. The software that is offered here is fully functional and is in every manner equivalent to a licensed copy of the same set of programs, with one exception: This copy is for your use for up to 15 days. After those 15 days have passed, this software will uninstall itself. Now, if you can cope with the afore mentioned restrictions,
Download your copy of Omni-X.

Configuring Omni-X

After the software has been installed, and your workstation has been re-booted:
  1. Start Omni-X. By default, Omni-X installs itself in the Windows Start menu at the path
    • Programs -> Omni-X for Windows 98-95-NT -> Omni-X
  2. Right-click the top tool bar (the dark blue line across the top of the screen). A pop-down menu will appear.
  3. From the pop-down menu choose XConfig. (Click on XConfig with the left mouse button.) A window will appear with the label, X Configuration, with a row of buttons.
  4. Choose the button labeled Startup.
  5. From the Mode menu choose XDMCP-broadcast, and then left-click on the OK button.
  6. From the X Configuration panel, left-click on the Exit button.
  7. Close Omni-X. This can be done from either the pop-down menu (on the tools bar) or by left-clicking on the [X] symbol that appears on the upper right corner of the Omni-X screen.
  8. Re-start Omni-X. Omni-X will display a panel labelled DIALOG -- SELECT HOST. Now you're on your own.
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