[Info-vax] X-terminals again

[Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing]

In article <3e4c7324-fd37-49be-9f31-3eccf06d6dd7 at q30g2000prq.googlegroups.com>, tadamsmar <tadamsmar at yahoo.com> writes:
>On Dec 8 2008, 3:56=A0pm, Wilm Boerhout <w6.boerh... at planet.nl> wrote:
>> tadamsmarvaguely mentioned on 8-12-2008 21:41:
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>> > I am trying to meet these requirements:
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>> > 1. =A0X-terminal software that will run on Windows XP.
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>> > 2. =A0For a user-friendly subset of these X-terminals, I need the
>> > interface to be as user- friendly as some old Tectronix x-terminals
>> > that we are currently using. =A0When you power these up, the Decwindows
>> > username and password comes up automatically.
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>> > 3. =A0The rest need to be more teckie-friendly. =A0 The user needs acce=
>ss
>> > to XP.
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>> > I wonder if I can do this with a single product?
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>> > We use XFREE on Windows 98 and 2000 now for the teckie-friendly
>> > systems, and you have to log into VMS and run a command procedure to
>> > set up the connection.
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>> > We have old Tectronix X-terminal so the user-friedly systems, and they
>> > came with software for VMS. =A0The VMS software is always running and
>> > handles setting up access to the X-terminal automatically.
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>> Use any X11 display server software.
>> Put DEFINE DECW$IGNORE_WORKSTATION into the VMS SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM (that
>> is, if VMS does not have it's own X11 graphical interface.
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>I am not sure what you mean by "if VMS does not have it's own X11
>graphical interface."  All my units are workstations with a terminal
>plugged it.  We need a few other X-terminals to run over the ethernet
>on one of the workstations.
>
>Should I add that line to startup or not?

The line keeps Decwindows software from trying to use local graphics hardware,
if any.

If your workstation units have a keyboard and a monitor plugged into to them,
directly and use their own graphics hardware to display X windows stuff, then 
you don't want to disable their use by putting that line in the startup.  

If you only have a erial terminal plugged into them,
then you do want to put that line into the startup.


For completeness, note that the line is

$ DEFINE/SYSTEM DECW$IGNORE_WORKSTATION "TRUE"


-- Alan