Mike.Santangelo@UC780.UMD.EDU (07/26/90)
I have a question... Does anyone know if the DEC VT1000 X windowing terminal
can TELNET to a host over its ethernet? That is to say, is it possible
to just get the thing to open a window on its own and TELNET to a host
within it, perhaps maintain several TELNET sessions in multiple windows
aside from being an X windows server for some host?
DEC literature I have doesn't say, just says "does TCP/IP" and does
VT320 emuluation...
Michael F. Santangelo
UNIX / VMS Systems Manager
Academic Computing UMUCkeeler@royalt.dec.com (Gary N. Keeler) (07/26/90)
In article <9007252216.AA15732@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>, Mike.Santangelo@UC780.UMD.EDU writes... >I have a question... Does anyone know if the DEC VT1000 X windowing terminal >can TELNET to a host over its ethernet? That is to say, is it possible >to just get the thing to open a window on its own and TELNET to a host >within it, perhaps maintain several TELNET sessions in multiple windows >aside from being an X windows server for some host? > >DEC literature I have doesn't say, just says "does TCP/IP" and does >VT320 emuluation... > > Michael F. Santangelo > UNIX / VMS Systems Manager > Academic Computing UMUC
cleary@husc9.harvard.edu (Kenneth Cleary) (07/28/90)
In article <9007252216.AA15732@ATHENA.MIT.EDU> Mike.Santangelo@UC780.UMD.EDU writes: >I have a question... Does anyone know if the DEC VT1000 X windowing terminal >can TELNET to a host over its ethernet? That is to say, is it possible >to just get the thing to open a window on its own and TELNET to a host >within it, perhaps maintain several TELNET sessions in multiple windows >aside from being an X windows server for some host? > >DEC literature I have doesn't say, just says "does TCP/IP" and does >VT320 emuluation... > > Michael F. Santangelo > UNIX / VMS Systems Manager > Academic Computing UMUC The VT1000 sort of acts as its own terminal server. It creates virtual LAT & TELNET terminals, which it then *serves*. These virtual terminals coexist with X Sessions, and don't crash as often :-) Aside from just using them as char-cell terminals, they are good for logging into multiple hosts, and starting up clients, when you already have a window manager from another host running. We are still waiting for revised ROM's which are supposed to reduce crashes.
zzassgl@mcc.ac.uk (Geoff Lane) (07/31/90)
Yes, you can telnet out of a VT1000 to a remote Unix machine via TCP/IP. BUT How do you access non-DEC fonts on that remote m/c? The documentation suppied with the terminal assumes that you have DEC software. -- Geoff. Lane. Janet: zzassgl@uk.ac.mcc.cms UTS Sys Admin, Manchester Computing Centre, Oxford Rd, Manchester, M13 9PL
thorson@typhoon.atmos.colostate.edu (Bill Thorson) (08/01/90)
In article <1530@m1.cs.man.ac.uk>, zzassgl@mcc.ac.uk (Geoff Lane) writes: > > Yes, you can telnet out of a VT1000 to a remote Unix machine via > TCP/IP. > BUT How do you access non-DEC fonts on that remote m/c? The > documentation suppied with the terminal assumes that you have DEC > software. > -- > Geoff. Lane. Janet: zzassgl@uk.ac.mcc.cms > UTS Sys Admin, Manchester Computing Centre, Oxford Rd, Manchester, M13 9PL I have a couple of good questions. I haven't gotten the thing to work right yet. I start a tcp/ip session to a host. On the host I type xterm -display myxterminal & and the vt1000 crashes. I thought it might be a font problem. The manual doesn't say clearly but it looks like fonts are transfered via tftp on request if you set up the font paths properly. The other question I have is what is the proper font path? The manual is extreamly vague. #!/bin/sh #-----------------------------------------------------------------------# echo Bill Thorson thorson@typhoon.atmos.colostate.edu echo Dept of Atmospheric Science (303) 491-8339 echo Colorado State University echo Ft. Collins, CO 80523 Cray||Sun||Amiga -- I can't decide? #-----------------------------------------------------------------------#
zzassgl@mcc.ac.uk (Geoff Lane) (08/02/90)
In article <8259@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU> thorson@typhoon.atmos.colostate.edu (Bill Thorson) writes: >be a font problem. The manual doesn't say clearly but it looks like fonts >are transfered via tftp on request if you set up the font paths properly. >The other question I have is what is the proper font path? The manual is >extreamly vague. The VT1000 requires specially formatted font files so I have been told. If you have access to the X11r4 sources then there is a contributed utility in the directory VT1000 that is supposed to be able to create suitable files - so far I have not managed to get it to work on my SYS V machine. -- Geoff. Lane. Janet: zzassgl@uk.ac.mcc.cms UTS Sys Admin, Manchester Computing Centre, Oxford Rd, Manchester, M13 9PL
manager@usgcdh.uucp (08/06/90)
In article <9007252216.AA15732@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>, Mike.Santangelo@UC780.UMD.EDU writes: > I have a question... Does anyone know if the DEC VT1000 X windowing terminal > can TELNET to a host over its ethernet? That is to say, is it possible > to just get the thing to open a window on its own and TELNET to a host > within it, perhaps maintain several TELNET sessions in multiple windows > aside from being an X windows server for some host? > > DEC literature I have doesn't say, just says "does TCP/IP" and does > VT320 emuluation... > The VT1000 will allow the user to set its IP address and subnet mask. It will allow one to Telnet to a host, and it will allow one to start X clients on that host (through the Telnet session). It will *not* allow one to start up a window manager on the host to the best of my knowledge (I just tried it with an HP9000/825). Using DEC's LAT transport, it will allow the user to connect to a host, and it will allow the user to start an X session with a window manager running on the VMS or Ultrix host. Hope this information helps. It's purely empirical. -- Todd Aven Manager, Mid-range Computer Services Computer Associates International Internet: manager@cai.com UUCP: uupsi!usgcdh!manager