[Info-vax] OpenVMS graphics - once more

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <mdaeus$7li$2 at pechter.eternal-september.org>,
	pechter at S20.pechter.dyndns.org (William Pechter) writes:
> In article <mbihve$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.
> 

Putty?  MSKermit?

Those are my two favorites with MSKermit making the better console
terminal for a VAX or PDP-11 (I have even used it to load PDP bootstraps!)

bill

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