[Info-vax] X-terminals again

[tadamsmar]

On Jan 14, 2:56 pm, billg... at cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) wrote:
> In article <d810a945-bd4c-4edb-aa1e-14b99c13a... at s14g2000vbp.googlegroups.com>,
>         tadamsmar <tadams... at yahoo.com> writes:
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> > On Jan 14, 12:43 pm, billg... at cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) wrote:
> >> In article <496e22d2$0$22127$ba620... at nova.planet.nl>,
> >>         Wilm Boerhout <w6.boerh... at planet.nl> writes:
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> >> > tadamsmar vaguely mentioned on 13-1-2009 22:15:
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> >> > ¨snip*
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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.
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> >> >> Should I add that line to startup or not?
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> >> > This line should be put in the startup file only if you want to use an
> >> > external (to VMS) X11 display server, such as xCursion on a PC.
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> >> > If your VMS node itself is a X11 display server (as it appears to be),
> >> > do not put the line in. Just point your external application to display
> >> > on your node. How to do that depends on what the other system is. If
> >> > it's also VMS, just do a
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> >> > $ SET DISP /CREATE [/PERM] /NODE=<yournode> /TRANSP=TCPIP
> >> > $ CREATE /TERM /DETACHED
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> >> > from your remode node, and the X-terminal window will appear.
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> >> Surely people here don't honestly expect users to actually do something
> >> like this to run X-windows today?  Even VMS has supported XDM for quite
> >> some time.
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> >> bill
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> > How would I use XDM?
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> I am pretty sure it depends on your IP Stack but I think all of them
> support it.  User gets a login screen and everything is GUI from there.
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> bill
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> Bill Gunshannon          |  de-moc-ra-cy (di mok' ra see) n.  Three wolves
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I am starting with zero knowledge of XDM.

How do I configure it?

Where can I buy an X terminal that supports it?

Can I configure a PC running Windows to support it and act as an X-
terminal.  With what software?

Or can I get anything, something built on unix or anything, to put on
the PC to do what I want?