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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

1056.0. "Is DECW$WORKSTATION = DECW$SERVER_SCREENS ?" by COMICS::BELL (Champion of the Lost Cause) Tue Jul 04 1989 10:15

        Page 2-5 of the VMS DECwindows Device Driver Manual states that
    to access the physical devices for the screen, keyboard and pointer
    one should use the logical names  DECW$WORKSTATION,  DECW$KEYBOARD,
    and DECW$POINTER respectively.

    I can't locate any variant of DECW$WORKSTATION anywhere - has it been
    replaced by  DECW$SERVER_SCREENS  (in the DECW$SERVERn_TABLE) as this
    appears to hold the name of the physical screen device ?  [eg., GCA0]

    Thanks,
    Frank

    [ It would also be helpful to document that the names DECW$KEYBOARD
    and DECW$POINTER live in the table DECW$SERVERn_TABLE  (and as such
    are not visible by default). ].
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1056.1No DECW$WORKSTATIONDECWIN::FISHERBurns Fisher 381-1466, ZKO3-4/W23Thu Jul 06 1989 23:147
    Yes.  DECW$WORKSTATION is defunct.  Thank you for noticing.  Of course,
    the existance of any of these names assumes that DECW$STARTUP has run,
    in which case the server is probably running, in which case, you can't
    access the driver.   (I know...you stopped the server first...)
    
    BUrns