fisher@decwin.DEC.COM (VMS DECwindows Engineering, 381-1466) (04/07/89)
In article <8904061802.AA25743@expo.lcs.mit.edu> COXK%TSD@atc.bendix.COM writes: >Does anybody know the specific models of VAX workstations that >support X, and is ULTRIX the required OS for X? >Thanks in advance! > >Kim Cox >Allied-Signal Aerospace >Teterboro, NJ. 201-393-3993 >csnet: coxk%tsd@bendix.com arpanet: coxk%tsd%bendix.com@relay.cs.net Someone already answered about the MIT distribution. If you were asking about the DEC-supplied X stuff (DECwindows), then the answer is that it runs under both VMS and Ultrix. I am most familiar with the VMS side, but I think the supported hardware is close to the same for the VAX line. That is basically any "mainstream" VAX-based workstation that DEC has made since but not including the VAXstation I. The VAX-based workstations include things like VAXstation II (Original MicroVAX II-based workstation, 1-plane) VAXstation II/GPX (MicroVAX II, with graphics accel hw. 4 or 8 plane) VAXstation 2000 (MicroVAX II chip in a desk-top box, 1-plane) VAXstation 2000/GPX (Same as above, but with GPX graphics. 4 or 8 plane) VAXstation 3500 (CVAX CPU, about 3xVAXstation II. 8 planes, I think) VAXstation 3200 (I think...a small-box version of the 3500) VAXstation 3520/3540 (Multi-processor, multi-colormap, 8 or 24-plane) VAXstation 3100 (Latest and greatest, cvax cpu, tiny box, etc etc.) Last, but far from least, DECwindows is supported on Ultrix only with the new DECstation 3100 (the MIPS Risc machine). Note that the VAXstation I and the VAXstation 100 are excluded (but you probably don't have those anyway). There are a couple special-purpose workstations made for specific customers which are also not supported. You probably don't have those either. There is also the VAXstation 8nnn (don't remember the exact number...it is an E & S Graphics Hot Box on a VAX) which, while it does not fall under the DECwindows program as such, it does support X11 with extensions for dial boxes, etc etc. (Disclaimer: I think the above is right, but I'm an engineer, not a marketer. I may have messed up a number or a description.) Hope this helps... Burns