[Info-vax] OSes

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Sun Jan 17 13:15:43 EST 2016


On Sat, 16 Jan 2016 06:19:00 +0200
Henry Crun via Info-vax <info-vax at rbnsn.com> wrote:

> On 15/01/16 23:33, Bob Koehler wrote:
> > In article <mailman.1.1452850533.15674.info-vax_rbnsn.com at rbnsn.com>,
> > lists at openmailbox.org writes:
> >>
> >> I got the impression this (DECwindows using X forwarding from VMS to a
> >> Linux X server) is not possible on SIMH. Has anybody gotten it to work?
> >
> >     Not specifically that combination, but ever other combination of
> >     X11 on Linux with other systems, and X11 on VMS, including from
> > simh, has worked for me, no matter which one I wanted as the server and
> > which one I wanted as the client.
> >
> >     It's just a matter of setting up the connection.  IP work when all
> >     else failes, and I generally tunnel it through ssh.
> >
> Until recently, when my Alpha 200 finally gave up the ghost, I served
> DECwindows on a Linux desktop. Mainly using X-Terminal, but other stuff
> (DECW$CLOCK etc.) worked also.
> Remember to do xhost on the Linux server

Thanks but the question is specifically on VAX/VMS running on SIMH.

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