[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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