[Info-vax] Monitor for Alphastation 500

[Hans Bachner]

Bob Koehler schrieb am 11.09.2019 um 22:36:
> In article <1e984112-12c2-4bd8-bf19-0f8e60e91f96 at googlegroups.com>, thedavegray at gmail.com writes:
>>
>> Any recommendations for a terminal emulator or is PuTTy still the favoured =
>> option?  =20
>>
>
>      PuTTy works well for me, but as long as you are only using serial
>     connections you might try VTstar.  It came from the group that did
>     the actual DEC VT terminals, but it does not do network connections,
>     IIRC.

VTstar is the (intended) follow-up of the VT320 emulator which 
originally shipped with PATHWORKS32 (the Windows components) and the 
Multias. It probably has the best VT emulation available.

It is available on the OpenVMS freeware CD V7, e.g. here (among other 
locations):

<https://www.digiater.nl/openvms/freeware/v70/vtstar/>

The software does network connections, namely Telnet, LAT, and DECnet 
(the latter two if you have the required drivers). Unfortunately, its 
development area predates SSH, so it does not offer this protocol.

It also did not catch up with Windows UI development, so a minimized 
terminal window will not show up in the task bar, but as (sort of) an 
icon on the desktop.

I still use it frequently when accessing OpenVMS systems or DECservers 
(terminal servers) on my internal network.

Hope this helps,
Hans.

PS: WRQ Reflection has been mentioned by Jan-Erik as a commercial 
alternative, so let me add Ericom PowerTerm as well, which has worked 
fine for me. This product actually was shipped by DEC as a replacement 
for VTstar when the latter was cancelled.