[Info-vax] OpenVMS graphics - once more
William Pechter
pechter at S20.pechter.dyndns.org
Thu Mar 5 15:39:56 EST 2015
In article <mbihve$i3c$1 at dont-email.me>,
David Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>Bob Koehler wrote:
>> In article <3d151$54dbe922$5ed4324a$56068 at news.ziggo.nl>, Dirk Munk
><munk at home.nl> writes:
>>> Yes you can, but can you compile and link VMS programs on your laptop?
>>> The issue was if there can be demand for VMS on a laptop.
>>
>> I don't know about his laptop, but yes you can. I've compiled,
>> linked, and run VMS programs on my laptop via SIMH emulation.
>> And Tadpole made an Alpha laptop which ran VMS native.
>>
>> But I do think there is a real call for VMS on the desktop to
>> attract developers. A lot of developers will be put off by the
>> notion that they must log into a server to do their work, even if
>> you sell a really cheap server.
>>
>
>But .... what am I going to do with all these server type system I got
>laying around?
>
>:-)
>
>Really, I got no problem running EDT on a VT emulator on my Weendoze
>2000 system ....
OK -- what's a good VT emulator. Most of'em I've used suck.
Bill
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