[Info-vax] Most usable graphics card(s) for VMS on a DS10

[Simon Clubley]

On 2020-10-06, Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> wrote:
> On 2020-10-06 17:09:59 +0000, Rich Jordan said:
>
>> I now have a full DS10...
>> 
>> I have the following VMS compatible video cards; all but the last were 
>> used successfully on a PWS workstation.  In order of original cost and 
>> capability levels:
>> 
>> Elsa GLoria 8MB
>> PowerStorm 4D10T
>> Powerstorm 4D20
>> Powerstorm 300 PCI
>> ...
>> Which one (or which pair if I can do dual screen) would be best?
>
> Of those...
>
> PowerStorm 300 or PowerStorm 4D20.
>
> Those are decently fast, by OpenVMS standards. PowerStorm 300 is 
> somewhat newer, whether it's faster?
>
> Not PowerStorm 4D10T / ELSA GLoria Synergy.  I might use those as 
> text-only consoles, or maybe as doorstops. They're slow.
>

For those of you managing Linux and other Unix servers, how many of
you go and sit at the server console to do GUI work and how many of you
just run any needed X applications remotely over SSH from your normal
desktop machine ?

Would it make more sense to manage VMS systems in that way instead
of having to sit at the VMS console to do GUI work ?

Are there any performance or other limitations which make this approach
not practical for VMS servers ?

Simon.

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