exodus@uop.edu (G.Onufer) (05/15/88)
Does anyone have the COMPLETE distribution of UW (Unix Windows) for Unix? I had (past-tense!) it but at least three files were missing from the server directory. I need it for a Sun running 4.2. Thanks, G. Onufer University of the Pacific
stan@sdba.UUCP (Stan Brown) (05/16/88)
> Does anyone have the COMPLETE distribution of UW (Unix > Windows) for Unix? I had (past-tense!) it but at least three > files were missing from the server directory. I need it > for a Sun running 4.2. > > Thanks, > G. Onufer > University of the Pacific What excatly does this package do (windows on Unix(tm)) obviously but what terminals (explicitly does it support charcater based terminals) does it support & what version(s) of UNIX does it run in Thanks In Advance Stan -- Stan Brown S. D. Brown & Associates 404-292-9497 gatech!sdba!stan "vi forever"
tim@brspyr1.BRS.Com (Tim Northrup) (05/18/88)
From article <244@sdba.UUCP>, by stan@sdba.UUCP (Stan Brown): > > What excatly does this package do (windows on Unix(tm)) obviously > but what terminals (explicitly does it support charcater based terminals) > does it support & what version(s) of UNIX does it run in Near as I can tell, the terminals supported is built into the client (ie, the ST or MAC end of the uw connection), not the server. For expample, the latest MAC version supports ADM31, ANSI, TEK4014 (or close), and a couple others, while the latest ST version supports only the ADM31. The server end (which will only run under BSD 4.2 or greater Unix, since it requires sockets), manages the output from several processes, multiplexes this output so that the client knows which window to output it to. It acts as a kind of director for the output of all of its child processes. Up to seven windows can be active at once. The latest MAC version of UW supports a few nifty things that the ST version does not -- it gives the server end more control over the windows, allowing for titling, resizing, etc, at the program end. For a copy of the Unix end, it was posted to comp.sources.mac a month or so ago. Check a local archive to see if anyone nearby saved it. -- Tim Northrup +------------------------------------------+ +---------------------------------+ GEnie: TNORTHRUP | UUCP: uunet!steinmetz!brspyr1!tim | Air Warrior: "Duke" | ARPA: tim@brspyr1.BRS.Com +------------------------------------------+
woerz@iaoobelix.UUCP (Dieter Woerz) (05/20/88)
In article <244@sdba.UUCP> stan@sdba.UUCP (Stan Brown) writes: >... > What excatly does this package do (windows on Unix(tm)) obviously >but what terminals (explicitly does it support charcater based terminals) >does it support & what version(s) of UNIX does it run in >... UW is a package which implements a terminal elmulator on the Macintosh, with the capability of using several windows on the Macintosh side. The I/O of these windows is multiplexed over a serial line to the UNIX side. There the UW will be started after the first window has been opened. UW now (de)multiplexes the different streams from and to the windows on the MAC. But you need a system which has ptys, otherwise it is difficult to get it running with multiple windows. The window front end has also been ported to the ATARI, the UNIX part remains the same. Hope this helps. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dieter Woerz Fraunhofer Institut fuer Arbeitswirtschaft und Organisation Abt. 453 Holzgartenstrasse 17 D-7000 Stuttgart 1 W-Germany BITNET: iaoobel.uucp!woerz@unido.bitnet UUCP: ...{uunet!unido, pyramid}!iaoobel!woerz