[Info-vax] openvms and xterm

[Hans Bachner]

Hi Marc,

Marc Van Dyck schrieb am 20.04.2024 um 11:24:
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> 
> As dead as it looks, it's still what I'm using today... Just a Putty
> login to start a good old VMS session manage,r and I'm in business.
> Mostly DECterms, but also LSE. I must admit that the lack of support
> for the mouse wheel in DECterm sucks. Otherwise it's still the terminal
> that best fits my needs. Oh, and on the PC side, still using Excursion
> too. Free, works all the time, even on my Windows 10 PC. What I miss is
> the VT emulator that DEC made a long time ago. Was that VT320.EXE ? Can
> it still be found somewhere ?

Yes, it's on the freeware CD #7:

https://www.digiater.nl/openvms/freeware/v70/vtstar/

I'm still using it in my internal environment, mainly for VMS nodes and 
serial consoles. Excellent VT terminal emulation. It's only drawback is 
the missing SSH support, and here PuTTY enters the game...

Hans.

PS: as an X11 server on a PC, I'm using the free version of Xming.