[Info-vax] OSes

[Paul Hardy]

Bill Cunningham <nospam at nspam.invalid> wrote:
>  ... I am still not getting how to setup simh to allow X. Would 
> it involve a set console command? As you have said simh doesn't do windows. 
> X or decwindows that is. Others are appearing to say ssh can't be used here. 
> I was understanding it could. I'm rather confused here now.

SIMH emulates hardware. X is not hardware. It is a software protocol for
sending graphics. SIMH does emulate Ethernet hardware which can transport
the X protocol from an emulated VAX to a network-connected PC running X.
Typically now this is a Linux PC (which knows X) or a Windows PC running
Cygwin or MobaXterm. 

I use a Windows 10 PC running Cygwin to display X (DECWindows/Motif)
sessions coming from a SIMH emulated VAX running VMS. SIMH is actually
running on  a network-connected Raspberry Pi running Raspbian. 

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Paul at the paulhardy.net domain