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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

177.0. "UWS BL9 work with VMS 5.1 SDC?" by CLEVER::RHARRIS () Fri Feb 10 1989 14:55

    Simple question for those in the know.  Will the ULTRIX's
    BL9 DECwindows version work with the VMS V5.1 SDC DECwindows
    version?  Just want to keep from wasting time before loading
    this BL9 tape.  Thanks
    

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177.1noENXIO::thomasThe Code WarriorFri Feb 10 1989 15:172
Goto SDC of Ultrix/UWS -- you won't be sorry.

177.2just how no is no?CLEVER::RHARRISSat Feb 11 1989 11:256
    I am going to SDC but I wanted to play while I wait...
    
    Will it not work at all?  What won't work correctly.
    
    I wish they had netkits.

177.3UWS BL9 is too ancientSMURF::HOFFMANanywhere in the universeSun Feb 12 1989 12:0112
    No, UWS BL9 will not work with VMS 5.1.
    You are at least two major versions behind what will work.
    Among the incompatibilities are the font names that the
    clients pass to the server as compared to the font names 
    that the server expects.  These changed to match MIT R3
    in UWS BL10.2.  There are literally hundreds of other changes
    between BL9 and SDC.  It would be difficult for us developers
    to even remember or recreate the state of the software at BL9.
    
    John Hoffman
    ULTRIX DECwindows Engineering