Subject: Re: vxt 2000
To: emanuel stiebler <emu@ecubics.com>
From: Simon Burge <simonb@telstra.com.au>
List: port-pmax
Date: 03/28/1999 11:38:40
"emanuel stiebler" wrote:

> Hi Simon,
> 
> ----------
> > From: Simon Burge <simonb@telstra.com.au>
> > To: emanuel stiebler <emu@ecubics.com>
> > Cc: port-pmax@netbsd.org
> > Subject: Re: vxt 2000 
> > Date: Saturday, March 27, 1999 6:21 PM
> > 
> > "emanuel stiebler" wrote:
> > 
> > > anybody here uses the vxt2000 terminals with NetBSD ?
> > 
> > No - I've got two of 'em downstairs in the junk room, but no 1280x1024
> > screen to drive them. 
> 
> I got one + screen cheap, so i'm trying to set it up ...
> 
> > You'd at least nead the software to run them, which I'd say can't be
> redistributed freely...
> 
> I don't think that's true. I can get the software via ftp from dec, and as
> far i know, the software is licensed to the machine, not to the user ...
> 
> My problem is, i don't have a working VMS system here to extract/install
> the kit.
> What i'm looking for is a version of this kit as a tar-file.

We use quite a few VXT's at work running of Ultrix servers, so I've
got the stuff lying around somewhere.  I can put a version up for FTP
somewhere if there's no problems legally.

Simon.