[Simh] An idea for graphics support in SIMH

[Sampsa Laine]

Zane,

I've managed to get CDE working with Xnest on OS X, example given for  
a 1680x1050 screen:


	Xnest -geometry 1680x1050 -ac -query	<IP address of VMS  
box>  :<screen number you want to use>


Sampsa


On 7 Jul 2010, at 18:24, Zane H. Healy wrote:

> I don't believe you get CDE with OpenVMS/VAX.  I've found that with my
> Alpha's I prefer to use a WinXP box with free X-Windows software as my
> "X-Terminal".  Sadly the version of X-Windows that ships with Mac OS  
> X is
> lacking.  Though I can still display apps on Mac OS X, I've never
> successfully gotten CDE running (I did under System 8).
>
> For any X-Windows apps running on VMS, I would think that even with  
> SIMH/VAX
> this would be the preferable solution.
>
> Zane
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, 7 Jul 2010, Sergiusz Jarczyk wrote:
>
>> Hi All
>> I think we should clarify what we're talking about... Xterm/Kermit
>> emulation of Tek is great, I agree, but are we're talking about
>> running X/Motif-based VAX apps on other machines, which is not a
>> problem at all, or do we want to see the CDE login screen in our Simh
>> window? I was referring to the later... ;-)
>>
>> Sergiusz
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