[Info-vax] The Student System

[Chris Townley]

On 02/11/2023 22:32, Johnny Billquist wrote:
> On 2023-11-02 19:18, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> On 2023-11-02, bill <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 11/2/2023 12:56 PM, Martin Vorländer wrote:
>>>> bill <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Getting back to VMS without black magic....
>>>>>
>>>>> How does one get networking up on the Student System?
>>>>
>>>> VSI put up a video on YouTube about this:
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rf53T7i8RGs
>>>
>>> Thank you.  I am not a big YouTube fan (I leave that to  my grandson!)
>>> but I will take a look.
>>>
>>
>> Anyone want to guess how many adverts poor Bill will have to sit 
>> through ?
>>
>> The number of unskippable adverts on Youtube has grown to insane levels.
> 
> Agreed. It has become horrible.
> 
>>>>> And, once one does, is DECWindows on there so that one can work
>>>>> from a remote X-terminal?
>>>>
>>>> Of course..
>>>
>>> And, thank you again.
>>>
>>
>> I don't know if you are still a xhost type person, but these days,
>> I use "ssh -X" exclusively when running X11 over the network.
>>
>> I have no need to run X11 where VMS is involved however, so I don't
>> know if there are any VMS-specific problems with that approach.
> 
> You mean apart from the fact that it don't work? ;-)
> This was discussed in a thread not long ago in this group (I think). I 
> know it was discussed somewhere at least. The problem is that the ssh 
> server in VMS don't know about such options, and don't hook up with X.
> 
>    Johnny
> 

I don't recall seeing any intrusive adverts on YouTube

-- 
Chris