[Info-vax] X-terminals again

[tadamsmar]

On Jan 14, 3:42 pm, billg... at cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) wrote:
> In article <511533df-4b6d-4e30-9ce4-068a1ecb8... at r15g2000prd.googlegroups.com>,
>         tadamsmar <tadams... at yahoo.com> writes:
>
>
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> > I am starting with zero knowledge of XDM.
> > How do I configure it?
>
> Depends on which IP stack you are using on VMS.  Probably should tell
> us everything you can about your system.  What version of VMS.  Which
> IP stack (UCX, MultiNET, TCPWare).

We have TCPIP AND Decnet Phase IV installed.

I guess UCX = TCPIP?

We have VMS 7.3-2

>
> Am I safe in assuming your PC's are running XP?

Probably.

I installed eXcursion V3.0 on a PC with 98 SE that's crowding up my
desk, but was just for testing, and as you can tell I have not gotten
far with my testing.

I am not sure what hand me down PCs I might end of with.

I will probably have to buy some big monitors, but I can handle that!

>
> > Where can I buy an X terminal that supports it?
>
> I thought you ssaid earlier you were running Excursion.  Now I am the one
> getting confused.  There are a number of packages ranging from Free to
> verty expensive.  The right one depends on what you want to do and how
> hard/easy you need to make it for your users.

I would prefer to use the old PCs we have or will get, but I need
the result to be user-friendly as possible.  The current old X-
terminal that I am trying to replace are very user-friendly (just
power them up and they give you the VMS login screen) and the users of
this app are use to that and I know they prefer it.

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

I have eXcursion 3.0

>
> > Or can I get anything, something built on unix or anything, to put on
> > the PC to do what I want?
>
> See statement above.

I was just opening up to any solution, but I have eXcursion.  I also
have X-free in use in other locations, but it's not user-friendly for
startup, I don't know it if can be made to be user-friendly at
startup.

>
> bill
>
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