eXcursion for Windows is not free. It was licensed as part of the
Pathworks Client License. But -apart from me, obviously- knows that
nowadays? And who is alive to hunt license violations. Still...
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**/Wilm*
Robert Thomas schreef op 14-11-2016 om 15:34:
We serve X-Windows from SIMH VAX running VMS 7.3. There are many
flavors of X-servers that work. The most challenging part of using
such is getting networking to work on SIMH/Vax. Our experience is
under Windows:
1) EXCURSION (DEC provided with VMS V7 through V7.3 on the Pathworks
disk – can be installed on its own requiring no special privileges or
registry setting). Provides a simple X-server.
2) MobaXterm
3) Xming
4) vcxsrv
5) Cygwin-x
All of the above are free and work with some issues. EXCURSION is
color limited and does not properly support plane masks.
MobaCterm, Xming, vcxsrv, and Cygwin-X are all implementation of
XORG’s x-server. They do not fully support PC keyboards emulating
LK405 keyboards, i.e. VT400 emulation. The numeric keypad and
functions keys are not fully mapped. Additionally not all of the
DECwindows/Motif fonts are available. These are identical to most of
the LINUX X-Servers.
All of the above support local window managers with various modes of
operation (All in one windows, multiple windows, etc.) as well as a
remote window manager, e.g. DECwindows/Motif.
It is easy to start up a DECterm or the DECWindows/Motif CDE. The
steps are to:
1) Start the X-server on your workstation/PC allowing connections from
the desired clients.
2) Log into the VMS system using either the mechanism within the
X-server environment or putty.
3) Create a display to the X-server:
$ set display/create/trans=tcpip/perm/node=<node>
4) To start the CDE (DECwindows/Motif window manager):
$ @cde$path:xsession
To start a DECterm:
$ create/term/detach
We are evaluating EXCEED as an x-server. So far it has full
functionality turning a PC into a full function X-server, i.e. like
having a Vaxstation or Alphastation on your PC. Its only drawback so
far is its cost being over $500 per seat.
BTW: All of the above work on Windows even in Windows virtual machines.
Sincerely,
Robert F. Thomas
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