| 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 |
Now that they're starting to talk about announcing the DW terminal does anyone out there know of a way to get it connected to ethernet from a residence? Though I haven't see specs on the terminal I'm assuming it will be ethernet only. Is there a box that does phone to ethernet connections?
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| 1058.1 | Deja Vu | STAR::BECK | Paul Beck - DECnet-VAX | Tue Jul 04 1989 20:14 | 4 |
As another recent note discussed at great length, unless you've got
phone connections with 9600 baud or better, you wouldn't want to do
DECwindows over phone lines.
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| 1058.2 | the future is almost now | CSC32::B_WACKER | Thu Jul 06 1989 00:34 | 25 | |
< As another recent note discussed at great length Sorry, I did a dir/title, but didn't find anything. < unless you've got phone connections with 9600 baud or better, you < wouldn't want to do DECwindows over phone lines. Since 9600 is pretty common now does that mean that it will work, albeit somewhat slowly? I do a lot of work from home and would rather accept some limitations than have to put out $10K for a stand-alone Pvax. The CSC telecomm people said ethernet would cost on the order of $20K just for the communications hardware if it could get by security police. Are you saying that a simple Decnet connection will be sufficient, no booting, just loading all the ususal fonts, etc.? If 9600 or 19.2 will work then I can start pushing them to get some modems. Now, we don't even have anything over 2400. I know this isn't the best place to be asking about hardware futures, but it is the DECwindows community that has the most to gain and lose depending on finding a cost effective way to work from home. Pointers to additional info gratefully accepted. Bruce, CSC/CS DW Support | |||||
| 1058.3 | KONING::KONING | NI1D @FN42eq | Thu Jul 06 1989 09:54 | 5 | |
The answer partly depends on the protocols used, and that gets into an area that's better not discussed in a file like this one. paul | |||||
| 1058.5 | Don't give info about unannounced h/w | DECWIN::FISHER | Burns Fisher 381-1466, ZKO3-4/W23 | Thu Jul 06 1989 23:20 | 6 |
re .4: Please don't talk about unannounced hardware here; especially
don't talk about dates.
Burns
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| 1058.6 | But... | CASEE::LACROIX | Gone with the wind | Fri Jul 07 1989 04:52 | 7 |
Re .5:
How about fixing the DECwindows Release Notes so that they don't give
you information on unannounced hardware?
Denis.
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