[Info-vax] VMS on remote desktops

[FredK]

"hb" <becker.ismaning at freenet.de> wrote in message 
news:19dbd111-7917-407f-9046-f8a599d5fcf4 at d8g2000yqf.googlegroups.com...
> On Nov 1, 8:40 pm, "FredK" <fred.nos... at dec.com> wrote:
>> For years, as needed (and not often) - I run DECwindows applications to a 
>> PC
>> X11 emulator.  I telnet to VMS from my PC.  But for the most part - I 
>> still
>> use DECwindows with local graphics for VMS development - after all I am a
>> VMS engineer :-).
>
> For years, I did all my work in a couple of DECterms on a DPW600au
> running VMS with DECwindows (CDE desktop) on a low-end graphics
> adapter. For all the fancy stuff I used Mozilla on that workstation:
> mails and web based access to MS applications or files. In case that
> didn't work - for example for virtual classrooms - I ran Linux on a
> notebook with the display redirected to the X11 server on the
> workstation so that I still had a single keyboard/mouse/monitor work
> environment.
>
> When I worked from home I used Linux (Debian/Lenny) and a company
> provided VPN to telnet to the VMS workstation or other VMS systems.
> Almost always I just needed a terminal, occasionally I started an
> application with a GUI, but I never ran a remote desktop.
>
> I used XTerm(232) with
>        xterm*rightScrollBar: True
>        xterm.VT100.geometry: 80x36
>        xterm.VT100.c132: True
>        xterm.VT100.cursorBlink: True
>        xterm.VT100.scrollBar: True
>
> Using the middle mouse button for scrolling was different, but having
> the scroll bar on the right side looked somehow more familiar.
>
> For the keypad I changed the key mapping with xmodmap and
>        keycode 0x43 =  KP_F1
>        keycode 0x4D =  KP_F1
>        keycode 0x70 =  KP_F2
>        keycode 0x44 =  KP_F2
>        keycode 0x3F =  KP_F3
>        keycode 0x45 =  KP_F3
>        keycode 0x56 =  KP_Subtract
>        keycode 0x52 =  KP_F4
>        keycode 0x46 =  KP_F4
>        keycode 0x4F =  KP_7            KP_7
> KP_7            KP_7
>        keycode 0x50 =  KP_8            KP_8
> KP_8            KP_8
>        keycode 0x51 =  KP_9            KP_9
> KP_9            KP_9
>        keycode 0x53 =  KP_4            KP_4
> KP_4            KP_4
>        keycode 0x54 =  KP_5            KP_5
> KP_5            KP_5
>        keycode 0x55 =  KP_6            KP_6
> KP_6            KP_6
>        keycode 0x57 =  KP_1            KP_1
> KP_1            KP_1
>        keycode 0x58 =  KP_2            KP_2
> KP_2            KP_2
>        keycode 0x59 =  KP_3            KP_3
> KP_3            KP_3
>        keycode 0x6C =  KP_Enter
>        keycode 0x5A =  KP_0            KP_0
> KP_0            KP_0
>        keycode 0x5B =  KP_Decimal      KP_Decimal
> KP_Decimal      KP_Decimal
>
> That made working with TPU/EVE etc. easy. However, for Notes I missed
> the comma key on the PC keypad.
>
> (And that key mapping works well with the jed editor on Linux in EDT
> mode).
>
> When I used the Linux X11 server to create a DECterm (with
> CREATE/TERM/DETACHED/NOLOGGED) or to run an application with a GU,
> then
> I used a VMS/DECwindows font server.
>
> If needed, I copied files with ftp, I rarely used an NFS or sshfs
> client to
> access remote directories - mostly because of missing privileges to
> export the
> directories on other systems and because of incompatibilites or setup
> problems.

Thanks!

Looks like most people so far here connect to VMS via some form of terminal 
emulation and telnet, and less often DECterm set to display back to their 
desktop.  Doesn't look like a lot of people try to use it as a replacement 
for the direct graphics head on the VMS system.

Which to be honest, I'm sitting here with my laptop with a reflection telnet 
connection logged into my VMS system upstairs - and I seldom do things like 
export a DECterm to my laptop (for example).  To be honest, one thing I was 
looking to see is if there were people out there who want to have that Linux 
thin client essentially as a replacement for the built-in graphics on a 
"workstation" - after all local networks are fairly fast and running X11 
between my rx2620 and Windows box is very usable.