| 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 |
Has anyone ever tried to run DECwindows applications using a Mac equipped with eXodus (from White Plains Software) as an X terminal? I'd appriciate any pointers on such a setup. Most importantly, does all software involved work together? Andrew Eichstaedt
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| 3090.1 | BUNYIP::QUODLING | Da doo run run, da doo run run | Tue Jul 17 1990 18:46 | 7 | |
I haven't tried it recently myself, but I did see it in action at DEXPO east just a few weeks ago. Incidentally it is White Pine Software... They tend to be very co-operative there. Why don't you give them a call... q | |||||
| 3090.2 | Yes, it works | HSOMAI::LIN | Thu Jul 19 1990 20:38 | 16 | |
We have it work here. The current version of eXodus is V2.0 which is a
little bit faster than the previous verion. It also supports color.
It supports both TCPIP and DECnet as transport. However, neither are
bundled with the product. For TCPIP, it supports MacTCP,
Community-TCPIP, and TCPort. For DECnet, it supports TSSnet.
It has remote launch facility which will let you run any DECwindow
applications on the host. After you buy eXodus (about $600) and one
transport software (about $500), it doesn't seem very cost-effective.
We have a product called LanWORKS which provide the same capability
which costs much less than eXodus solution. Unfortunately, LanWORKS is
still in external field test now. We are evaluating both products and
I much prefer LanWORKS to eXodus. Hope this helps.
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| 3090.3 | More resources | PEACHS::BELDIN | Mon Jul 23 1990 13:21 | 24 | |
The Mac connection notes file was very helpful on this same topic
a few weeks ago:
RANGER::MAC_VAX_CONNECTION
Some of the suggestions in the way of the problems that my customer
was seeing (not able to open display):
- checking the type of DECnet - TSSNET is supported
- checking to see if NML is working - MC NCP TELL mac
SHOW EXEC
- checking to see that ethernet card is configured -
by default will use 9600 baud serial line.
My customer wasn't using TSSNET - was using something else that
didn't exactly work...
Rick Beldin
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