[Info-vax] link to what is actually being ported to x86?

[Simon Clubley]

On 2019-06-02, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
> On 6/2/2019 7:16 PM, seasoned_geek wrote:
>> We've had many a discussion, but is there an official link to what is and is not being ported to x86? I know we had conversations about "desktop" and got some "server only" answer but that didn't really answer the what is/is not since there has to be some kind of console/terminal even for a server.
>>

Ada will not be available on x86-64.

>>
>> DECWindows taken out and shot?
>>

Why ?

What about people currently running GUI applications ?

>
> Well, not FMS, but our apps are still mainly terminal based.  Screens 
> and pop-up boxes and such, but on terminal emulators.
>
> Dedicated terminals seem to be not required for most things anymore, 
> since a cheap PC can be put together for less than the old terminals 
> cost.  And can do much more.
>

Most open source terminal emulators are indeed hopeless when it comes
to using them with VMS, but the pterm component in PuTTY and xterm both
work just fine for me on Linux after some configuration.

Simon.

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