[Info-vax] Monitor for Alphastation 500

[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

Den 2019-09-12 kl. 11:20, skrev 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,...

Well, I said that I have used it *before*. Today of course, it is not
"WRQ" anymore but "Attachmate Reflection" or "MicroFocus Reflection"
and I have not used Rflection in 10 years or so. But it was a rally
nice piece of software...


> 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.