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At 09:59 6/30/98 +0200, Ignatios Souvatzis wrote:
>> On Mon, 29 Jun 1998, Gunnar Helliesen wrote:
>> > Jamie Lovick wrote:
>> > > 
>> > > Does anyone know of any other method that may be used to use 
>> > > a 4000 VLC as
>> > > an X-terminal ?
>> > 
>> > If you're only interested in running it as an X terminal, why not use
>> > VMS and DECwindows? You can get a hobbyist license for free from DECUS.
>> 
>> Excuse my ignorance, but will that combination talk to the rest of the
>> world, so to speak, or only DECwindow's systems.
>> 
>> i.e. can I display other X windows windows on a DECwindow's box ?
>> 
>> What network protocol's does it speak ?, only Decnet, or TCP/IP ?
>
>DECwindows X servers running above Ultrix use DECnet, TCP/IP and local 
>(unix domain socket) connections.
>
>I don't know wether DECwindows on VAX/VMS talked TCP/IP. Hmmmm, at least in
>olde VMS times, TCP/IP was 3 third-party products, so I guess not.
>

I remember running DECWindows transport over TCPIP (SET DISPLAY/TRANS=TCPIP
... or something like that) even with the third party products (My perfered
flavor was Multinet).  I believe was doing this back into the early days of
version VAX/VMS 5.2 or 5.3.

So yes... it can be done.

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Bryan A. Ignatow                           Sr. Technical Analyst
ignatow@sprintparanet.com                  Sprint Paranet
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