[Info-vax] OpenVMS graphics - once more

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2015-08-24 17:39:30 +0000, David Froble said:

> ...it's my impression there are not decent graphics on VMS.  HW and 
> Software.  Now, it's also my impression that a browser is going to 
> expect graphics.

A web browser does require graphics, outside of cases such as Lynx.

Any of the integrated Intel HD graphics that are present on many of the 
recent Intel x86-64 chips — yes, you're fond of AMD here, I know — will 
be more than sufficient for a web browser, and with no add-on graphics 
hardware required.  Most of the HD and the higher-spec Iris and Iris 
Pro integrated graphics interfaces are also openly documented by Intel, 
too.  <https://01.org/linuxgraphics/documentation>

> So, the first step isn't any part of a browser, it's the infrastructure 
> that a browser will expect.

True; that's also about APIs, certificate stores (if the browser 
doesn't have its own), and porting.

> I'd much rather have a good TCP/IP, and SSL, and IPSEC, and ....

Ayup.  Which also ties into certificates and certificate-related 
processing, too.


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