[Simh] XServers and Simh (Somewhat OT)

[Jordi Guillaumes i Pons]

Try something like:

X :1 -query <your-vms-ip-address> 

Add geometry and depth parameters as needed. You must also enable the XDCMP server in VMS (either in tcp services or multinet). IIRC the IP address of your display (X Server) machine must be back-translatable from VMS. With a little bit of luck you will get the VMS DECWindows login screen.

Jordi Guillaumes Pons


El 12 nov 2016, a les 6:55, Clem Cole <clemc at ccc.com> va escriure:
> 
> On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 7:23 PM, Ray Jewhurst <raywjewhurst at gmail.com> wrote:
>> What I was wondering is if you could in Ubuntu Linux use XServer to make a Xwindows terminal window? 
> 
> ​In theory yes.... X splits the display and the creation of the data into two parts (server and client -- warning client and server in the X sense may seem backwards - the client codes are running on the remote machine(s) and the X server is running locally).   If the Xserver on any OS is properly set up, DECwindows (which is a set of client programs) should be able to use that as it's display...
> 
> That said... X has changed over the years and a number of features were removed from the Xserver when Keith Packard rewrote it about 3-4 years ago.   Keith was one of the original XServer authors so he had a pretty good idea of what features in the Xserver were important, and what were not.   That said, it is possible DECwindows mi​ght need a feature that is no longer supported (YMMV as folks like to say).
> 
> This is what I would do....
> 
> Set up up your Linux box as an Xserver.  Then using a modern X implementation on a different client system across the network, make sure you can run/display something simple like the Xeyes program, and then if that works try Xterm, which requires a little more and then try a simple window manager like twm.   Once you are convinced you have the Xserver configured for network access and its working properly with remote clients, then try to make it talk to the older clients and see what happens.  
> 
> Good Luck,
> Clem
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