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

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <rlktpv$lf5$1 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley
<clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes: 

> 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 ?

You don't have to sit there; you are free to use your own emulation 
stuff.  But for those who learned to type, lack of a proper keyboard, 
inconsistent key mapping, wrong state of the keypad, lack of perfect 
terminal emulation, and so on are all a pain.

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

You probably just need a VT102 or better.  Something like a 320 or 
better makes it a bit nicer.  But if you want several DECterm windows in 
multiple workspaces and the only sensible pointer policy (i.e. the 
window is active is the cursor is in it but not automatically on top), 
then you probably need CDE and DECwindows.  But that doesn't require any 
particularly powerful graphics card.