[Info-vax] VMS on a PC

[FredK]

> And there was UIS before DECwindows.

Technically, VWS.  UIS was the programming interface to it.

> I remember Fred. He helped me out on a project. Probably wouldn't
> remember me know.

I dunno, I'm terrible with names - "Faceman" doesn't ring a bell :-)

> UIS was great because it handled the screen repainting.

VWS provided guaranteed backing store.  Which is hard to do.  X11 punted 
anything that was hard to do (that was an actualy goal).  But eventually 
they provided a "hint" that mostly does it... only because it isn't 
guaranteed - you still need to write your code to deal with it's lack.


<faceman28208 at yahoo.com> wrote in message 
news:1b72ec7d-3a1c-45f5-a8d9-214d189e7453 at n41g2000yqh.googlegroups.com...
On Jan 12, 9:59 pm, David J Dachtera <djesys... at spam.comcast.net>
wrote:
> "faceman28... at yahoo.com" wrote:

> > We had graphical user interfaces with overlayed windows on VMS in the
> > 1980's.
>
> If you mean "the software formerly known as DECwindows", yes, that's
> true. In that case, Fred Kleinsorge(sp?) (lurks here) is your man.

And there was UIS before DECwindows.

I remember Fred. He helped me out on a project. Probably wouldn't
remember me know.

UIS was great because it handled the screen repainting.