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- From: mahan@TGV.COM (Patrick L. Mahan)
- Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
- Subject: RE: X Program for VMS?
- Message-ID: <921121214253.77e002e6@TGV.COM>
- Date: 22 Nov 92 05:42:53 GMT
- Sender: root@athena.mit.edu (Wizard A. Root)
- Organization: The Internet
- Lines: 52
-
- #
- # I have just started looking for an Xterminal client for the vax
- #system i'm on. It's a 3520 with a Decwindows station only.
- #I'm trying to get the client so i can use this term to connect to
- #some hp's in some of the other rooms and across campus.
- #Is Xview a good one? I have the sources for it but i can't get them
- #off the CD right now as the sysmgr is off for a couple of days.
- #Are there any others? Also, has anyone had any experience in running
- #Mathematica served from an HP9000/750 on an Xwindow on a vax?
- #If so, how did it come out? That's the main program i'd be running.
- #
-
- You don't need a "client" for this, just the ability to send the X protocol
- between the Vax and the HP, either DECnet or TCP/IP. For DECnet the HP will
- need sometype of DECnet implementation. For TCP/IP, the VAX will need
- a TCP/IP package. In either case, simply log into the HP, point the
- Display environment variable (DISPLAY) back at the VAX and run the X
- application. For example
-
- If you are using DECnet:
-
- $ SET HOST HP
- [after logging in]
- %#
- %# The "::" indicates to X that the connection is DECnet
- %#
- % setenv DISPLAY vax::0.0
- [run the X application]
-
- If you are using TCP/IP:
-
- $ TELNET HP
- [after logging in]
- %#
- %# The ":" indicates to X that the connection is TCP/IP
- %#
- % setenv DISPLAY vax:0.0
- [run the X application]
-
- In both cases, you will need to make sure you Security is enabled on you
- VAXstation (see the Security... in the session manager pulldown). You might
- also have problems with fonts, in which case you can obtain the public domain
- fonts from export.lcs.mit.edu and compile them for the VAX using the DECwindows
- font compiler.
-
- Patrick L. Mahan
-
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