[Info-vax] VMS on remote desktops

[Martin Vorlaender]

FredK <fred.nospam at dec.com> wrote:
> "Martin Vorlaender" <mv at pdv-systeme.de> wrote...
>> I have an HP t5545 thin client as my working enviroment at the company.
>> Most of the time I only do RDP sessions to my (virtualized) workstation,
>> but when porting and debugging software, I use XDMCP to open a session
>> to the rx2600 (old-style window manager, though) that's sitting in the
>> server room. I haven't looked too deep into mapping the keyboard, but
>> it would be an interesting exercise.
>
> What has your experience been like?  Which RDP (Java?).  One thing that has
> been on my list - is to take XDM over from TCPIP and port a recent version
> of it for the next functionality release.  I assume you are using a vanilla
> Windows/Vista keyboard - and not a VMS keyboard (is the 5545 USB).  Any
> language issues?

The t5545 is Linux-based (called "ThinPro", based on Debian, I think).
It has an XDMCP client built in natively which I use in direct mode to
connect to the rx2600's XDM.

The keyboard is PC-style, connected via USB (though PS/2 is possible).
I haven't used the XDM connection much lately, but can't remember any
particular issues (once I told the DECwindows X server to use the
Austrian-German LK401 mapping).

cu,
   Martin
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