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Conference bulova::decw_jan-89_to_nov-90

Title:DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90
Notice:See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit
Moderator:STAR::VATNE
Created:Mon Oct 30 1989
Last Modified:Mon Dec 31 1990
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3726
Total number of notes:19516

143.0. "VR100 monitor supported?" by STP::ANDERSON (Remember Roy Orbison) Tue Feb 07 1989 12:39

    Does DECwindows support the old VR100-AA monochrome monitor with the
    VS10X-EA old-style mouse?
    
    Please say yes.
    
    Paul

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143.1Ok on VS IISANTEE::GREENEMichael GreeneTue Feb 07 1989 14:264
    Works fine on a VS II.
    
    Michael

143.2yesWJG::GUINEAUTue Feb 07 1989 17:254
Yes. Have one in the lab.

John

143.3Wrapping problemSTP::ANDERSONBlah Blah BlahSun Feb 12 1989 16:588
    Now that DECwindows is running on the VR100 monitor, how do I get rid
    of the problem where the screen display "wraps" on the left and right?
    
    Under UIS, the SYSGEN parameter TTY_DIALTYPE was changed from 128 to 0
    and this fixed the problem.  Is there a solution for DECwindows?
    
    Paul

143.4VR100 needs TTY_DIALTYPE=64GOFER::HARLEYAt home, you can scratch where it itchesSun Feb 12 1989 22:072
    

143.5AXEL::FOLEYRebel without a ClueSun Feb 12 1989 22:116
       
       
       	Set TTY_DEFCHAR2 = %0002100E and reboot. That'll do it..
       
       							mike

143.6What about window size?TRHLEG::MOGENSWed Feb 15 1989 06:2911
I'm also using VR-100 monitor, and after setting TTYDEFCHAR2=%0002100E and
TTY_TIALTYPE=64, the video signal was OK.
But, I now have the problem that the window size (width) are too big.
This gives me an default ICON-box that does not fit on the screen, and a
terminal window that are about two centimeters too wide.
Any ideas about this as well ??

If we support the VR-100, is the above documented anywhere ???

Mogens

143.7Here's whyDECWIN::FISHERBurns Fisher 381-1466, ZKO3-4/W23Wed Feb 15 1989 13:3916
There is a difference between "it works" and "it's supported".  It is not
supported.  There is no official hardware configuration that customers have
which has a supported CPU with a VR100.  What we do have in there is only
because it was easy and a few people here wanted it.

The support is not as good in DECwindows as it was in UIS, because the VR100
has rectangular pixels, while DECwindows applications assume they are square.
In UIS, we could compensate for this because we did scaling from real coordinates
to pixels.  All we had to do was change the scale factor.  IN DECwindows,
all coordinates are integer pixel positions.  Thus there is no place to put
the scaling in.  (Well of course you COULD add scaling in  the server, but
why should we spend the person-power and bytes to support an officially
non-existent configuraton?)

Burns

143.8implications....TYFYS::MOLLERHalloween the 13th on Elm Street #7Thu Feb 16 1989 15:2611
    The upgrade path for VSI's (according to what I see in DEC-Direct) is a
    replacement of the CPU, a TK50, 8 Meg of memory & assorted driver
    boards. Nowhere does it show an upgrade of the VR-100. It does say that
    this is the appropriate path for VSI's. So, that implies some form of
    supported configuration with the old style hardware. I'm glad someone
    got it to work (This is being entered using the old style hardware),
    since odds are good that I'll have a VR-100 on this VAXstation for some
    time to come.

								Jens