[Simh] SIMH/DECWindows/Debian

[david.d.miller at att.net]

OK guys.  Thanks for the confirmation. This is a doable goal.  

But I guess I have to find another list for detailed help.  Is there an X-windows/Linux discussion group?  Any other possibilities?

David.

--- On Wed, 9/12/12, dott.Piergiorgio d' Errico <dott.piergiorgio at fastwebnet.it> wrote:

> From: dott.Piergiorgio d' Errico <dott.piergiorgio at fastwebnet.it>
> Subject: Re: [Simh] SIMH/DECWindows/Debian
> To: simh at trailing-edge.com
> Date: Wednesday, September 12, 2012, 3:47 AM
> Il 12/09/2012 11:36, Lennert Van
> Alboom ha scritto:
> > The more obvious way would be configuring DECWindows,
> then connecting to it via
> > xdmcp. There's a few apps that can do this on Linux -
> Xnest and Xephyr are the
> > ones that come to mind.
> > 
> > With Xnest, you just do
> > 
> > $ Xnest -query my.vax.somedomain :1
> > 
> > And poof, instant (windowed) VAX loginscreen, if it's
> properly configured on
> > VMS side. I *think* I had to use Xephyr to run
> fullscreen and with reduced
> > security though, when I connected to my VMS desktop.
> > 
> > Or maybe I'm just mis-interpreting what you're trying
> to do :-)
> 
> I have interpreted Mr. Miller's idea as using the Linux host
> also as uber-thick X client terminal..... whose is a
> *really* interesting idea.
> 
> The majority of the systems emulated by SIMH seems to have
> "external" graphic system, the CPU/mainframe handling
> graphics thru IOT (DEC parlance) or outputting graphic
> instructions to the graphic hardware.
> 
> so, I think that graphic emulation (and spacewar ;) ) can be
> emulated in a SIMH environment in a conceptually simple
> manner, using the already implemented telnet support, and
> carving the graphic support as X client.
> 
> Is an idea worth of a more deep scrutiny ?
> 
> Best regards from Italy,
> dott. Piergiorgio.
> 
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