[Info-vax] OpenVMS graphics - once more

[David Froble]

Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> 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>

Just because the capability is there doesn't mean VMS knows how to use it.  Is 
VSI going to make the effort to use the graphics?

>> 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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