| 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 |
Hi,
Since I am pretty new to DECWindows stuff, here an easy question for
you.
We have a prospective customer that use PC's and Mac's in schools for
teaching purposes. Some schools have only one PC or Mac. Others are
networked. And they have standardized on only one pedagogical software
for the PC's and one for the Mac's.
So, the sales rep asked me (since I am working with PC's) if it is
possible to ask those software developers to modify their applications
to use DECWindows.
This way standalone PC's or Mac's would have the same user interface
as those networked.
So, is there a developer's toolkit available from DEC or third-party
that would permit developing X applications for PCs and Macs? The
networked PCs and Macs will have a VMS server, but there will still be
some stand-alone devices.
Thanks for any comment.
Michel
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| 3092.1 | X server only | OSLACT::OLAV | Do it in parallel! | Thu Jul 19 1990 05:40 | 4 |
As far as I know a PC or Mac can only act as a X server and not run X client programs (applications) locally. Olav | |||||
| 3092.2 | X Client S/W for PCs | SPCTRM::GORCZYCA | Thu Jul 19 1990 10:11 | 37 | |
re: .1 "As far as I know a PC or Mac can only act as a X server and not run X client programs (applications) locally." A PC or MAC *could* act as a client and/or server, but TODAY all that seems to exist are X servers for DOS-based PCs and MACs. In the future, expect to see FULL X-11 environments: a) On DOS-based systems, via a product to be released near the end of 1990 called DESQview/X, from Quarterdeck. b) On OS/2 systems (very straightforward) from various sources (maybe even from IBM and HP) c) On MACs running A/UX from... SCO is already shipping FULL X-11 support for PCs running under SCO/Unix in their Open DeskTop product. Apple will probably never develop a full X-11 environment for their native MAC environment for obvious reasons. Though these environments will become available, without support from a MAJOR Systems vendor who is REALLY interested in supporting OPEN standards and X-11, the desktop GUI of choice will probably be won by PORTABLE Presentation Manager, due to be released by Microsoft this winter. Instead of the defacto standard GUI for workstations being pushed DOWN to the PC world, where more than 90% of the intelligent desktop market resides, PM will be pushed UP from this massive market into the very small workstation segment, unsitting X-11 and MOTIF as THE standard GUI. John | |||||
| 3092.3 | Quaterdeck has it now.. | SUBWAY::GRAHAM | The revolution will be televised | Thu Jul 19 1990 22:45 | 7 |
> "As far as I know a PC or Mac can only act as a X server and not run
> X client programs (applications) locally."
Quaterdeck is shipping *both* X server and client software for
PCs. I saw the systems at Xhibition'90.
Kris...
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| 3092.4 | DESQview/X not shipping...yet | SPCTRM::GORCZYCA | Thu Jul 19 1990 23:00 | 13 | |
re: .3
"Quaterdeck is shipping *both* X server and client software for
PCs. I saw the systems at Xhibition'90."
Like I said in .2, Quarterdeck's products are not shipping yet. Though they
announced DESQview/X at Xhibition '90, and demoed it at both Xhibition '90
and PC EXPO '90, they product is just now going into ALPHA test. It will not
ship before the end of this calendar year.
John
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