[Info-vax] DEC Windows on VLC 4000

[Grant Taylor]

On 12/27/18 9:12 AM, David Wade wrote:
> Well after a couple of false starts, one caused by a CD read error and 
> one by a hard disk write error, I now have a VLC with a 2GB SCSI Hard 
> Drive and DEC Windows Motif running. I am rather surprised about how 
> well things run on it, considering its such a small box.

Nice work Dave.  :-)

Are you running the programs locally or using DEC Windows across the 
network from a more powerful (emulated) machine?

> <Yes its almost certainly pointless but I do enjoy playing with Pen 
> Plotters and VMS on VAX provides a convenient platform for doing so.>

And what's the problem with that?

Isn't that the very essence of retro computing?  Or classic muscle cars? 
  Enjoy them for what they are, not what they can / can't do, 
particularly compared to more modern counterparts.



-- 
Grant. . . .
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