[Info-vax] DECwindows on rx2600?

[Chris Scheers]

Marc Van Dyck wrote:
> on 26/09/2023, Dave McGuire supposed :
>>   Hi folks.  Is it possible to run a DECwindows server (i.e. graphical 
>> console) on the VGA controller of an rx2600, to run it as a graphical 
>> workstation, under 8.4?
>>
>>          Thanks,
>>          -Dave
> 
> I think so, yes. If memory serves me well, the RX2600 could even be
> equipped with a so called "silencer kit" to make it usable in office
> environments.

IIRC, it was called the Office Friendly Kit.

The RX2620s needed it more.

The problem was that it was prohibitively expensive.  There was no self 
install version.  You had to pay for a FE to install the kit.

So my RX2620 is still in the box from the porting workshop. <sigh>

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