[Info-vax] DECwindows predecessor?

[Hans Bachner]

Scott Dorsey schrieb am 22.05.2019 um 01:07:
> Jim Causey  <jimcausey at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I've seen a couple of references to a UI framework that ran on VMS prior to the development of DECwindows.  What was that framework called?  What was the last version of VMS on which it ran?  Did it run on ULTRIX as well?
>
> Probably VWS, the Vax Windows System.  It was kind of horrible.  I remember
> it running as late as VMS 5.5, maybe later.
> --scott

I used VWS on a VAXstation II back in the VMS V4/V5 days. VWS was much 
more responsive compared to DECwindows because it used way less resources.

The big advantage of DECwindows vs. VWS is that you can redirect the 
display to a different workstation, or even from a server to a 
workstation. VWS was a local-only solution.

Hans.