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- From: jackson@pravda.enet.dec.com
- Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
- Subject: Re: VAXstation 3100/76 as an X-terminal?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov9.194442.14311@engage.pko.dec.com>
- Date: 9 Nov 92 19:44:42 GMT
- Article-I.D.: engage.1992Nov9.194442.14311
- References: <1992Nov4.145536.21694@bnlux1.bnl.gov>
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- In article <1992Nov4.145536.21694@bnlux1.bnl.gov>, rarback@bnlux1.bnl.gov (harvey rarback) writes:
- |>I got two replies, one suggested that this should work (but it doesn't) and a
- |>reply from Michael Miano (miano@helix.enet.dec.com):
- |>
- |>>I'm afraid not. EWS does not support this hardware.
-
- Michael should certainly know. He's one of the people who worked on the VAXeln
- window server. (I don't know if he still does)
-
-
-
- The Model 76 is not supported as a VAXeln window server for a variety of
- reasons that I won't go into at this point. However, what you can do is
- to make the Model 76 with VMS (barebones VMS by the way) behave as if it
- is an X terminal. Here's how you do it:
-
-
- 1: Fix your startup to call some procedure that behaves and works
- with the VAXeln window server DCL script that starts the remote
- session. Take a look at the VAXeln DCL and you should have a
- pretty good idea of how to make your DCL talk to its DCL. You will
- probably have to hard-wire the "server" name since you won't
- be booting from that server
-
- 2: edit DECW$STARTUP.COM and remove (or comment out) the line that
- runs DECW$STARTLOGIN.EXE. That's the piece that puts the login
- box up on the screen. You won't need it.
-
- 3: Create the file DECW$SERVER_ACCESS_TRUSTED.DAT and
- insert HOSTNAME::SYSTEM as one of the trusted clients that will
- be able to use and change the security of the server on your
- machine. SYSTEM will run the login box, and change the secuirity
- list during the login process. (There is also a
- DECW$SERVER_ACCESS_ALLOWED.DAT, that allows access, but not
- allow changes to the security list)
-
- Reboot the machine.
-
-
-
- You won't have all of the features. You could use the same server to boot
- the machine into a VMScluster and use that bootnode info to find the name of
- the node where you want to start the session, but that's an exercise for the
- reader.
-
-
-
- --
-
-
- William M. Jackson
- Workstation Product Marketing Manager
- Workstation Engineering
- Digital Equipment Corporation
- 146 Main Street
- Maynard, MA 01754
-
- Mail: Jackson@pravda.enet.dec.com
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