Re: X-terminals again

On Dec 8, 3:56 pm, Wilm Boerhout <w6.boerh...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
tadamsmar vaguely mentioned on 8-12-2008 21:41:





I am trying to meet these requirements:

1.  X-terminal software that will run on Windows XP.

2.  For a user-friendly subset of these X-terminals, I need the
interface to be as user- friendly as some old Tectronix x-terminals
that we are currently using.  When you power these up, the Decwindows
username and password comes up automatically.

3.  The rest need to be more teckie-friendly.   The user needs access
to XP.

I wonder if I can do this with a single product?

We use XFREE on Windows 98 and 2000 now for the teckie-friendly
systems, and you have to log into VMS and run a command procedure to
set up the connection.

We have old Tectronix X-terminal so the user-friedly systems, and they
came with software for VMS.  The VMS software is always running and
handles setting up access to the X-terminal automatically.

Use any X11 display server software.
Put DEFINE DECW$IGNORE_WORKSTATION into the VMS SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM (that
is, if VMS does not have it's own X11 graphical interface.

Put the following two lines into a command procedure, say DECWDISP.COM:

$ SET DISPLAY /CREATE /PERMANENT /NODE=<your display node> /TRANS=TCPIP
$ MC DECW$STARTLOGIN

put the DECWDISP.COM somewhere at the end of your VMS coordinated startup:

$ MC SYSMAN STARTUP ADD FILE DECWDISP.COM /PHASE=END

if all other requirements for starting DECWindows/Motif are met, you
will find the Windows login screen on your X11 display server.

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If I reboot the display server node, then does the login screen come
back? Or is that just a one shot at VMS Login?
.

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