[Info-vax] X-terminals again

[Wilm Boerhout]

tadamsmar vaguely mentioned on 14-1-2009 21:10:

[snip]

> I have a VMS workstation.  I have 3 old X-terminals on the ethernet
> that are used to run an app on the VMS workstation.  The X-terminals
> are very user-friendly, you just power them up and they display the
> login display from VMS.  The users need a friendly system.
> 
> But the X-terminal are no longer supported by Tektronics.  When they
> die, there is probably no way to replace them.
> 
> I need a replacement for these 3 X-terminals, just as user-friendly.
> We have some PCs that I can use if I can ever figure out what software
> the use on the PCs and how the heck to configure VMS.
> 
> Thanks for any help you are anyone else can provide.
> 
> I have xcursion but I have never used it.
> 
> We have been using X-free and use it in other applications, but it is
> not configured to be user-friendly for starting up.  I pretty much
> need something that will just pop up the login screen when it is
> powered up, if possible.

OK, now we're back on track. My translation is a follows. You have 
X-terminals (X display servers), and want to "emulate"  / replace tthese 
using standard PC's.

This is where xCursion comes in. You install it, configure it (mildly, 
using the xCursion control panel), and your PC *is* an X terminal. If 
you point VMS applications to it the way you point them to your 
X-terminals, it'll work the same, including the user friendly login 
screen. I'm almost sure I described how somewhere earlier in this thread.

In summary, a PC + xCursion is an X-terminal.

/Wilm