DEG41560@UA1VM.BITNET (Rob Smith) (10/30/88)
Hi,
Thanks for the responses. I got a note from someone at MIT that said
thet they are using pattern recognition to delete mail that concerns Xten
in the future, so I guess it is an X11 world now. Unfortunately, DEC still
distributes Xten, I have heard X11 is slow (I'm an engineer, speed means
more than new interface features here), and X11v3 seems to be right around the
corner. But thats not what I'm writing about . . .
I have heard that Phonix is working on a PC emulator for the VAXstations I
have, but its not out yet. What I'm mildly interested in now is getting an X
window to emulate a PC graphics card. I have a way to use the PC as a
remote machine (I admit, I haven't tested it yet, but it seems it should work).
If I could get the VAX to interpret PC screen output commands as graphics
commands for an X window, I could run a "PC in a window", and do cut and
paste and other nice stuff, and I wouldn't have to get up from my workstation
to use my PC.
A letter I received concerning an emulator distributed by Tek implied that
this might be possible... So, has anyone out there done it?
Any ideas on how it may be done?
Thanks again, Rob.zdrav@insignia.UUCP (Zdravko Podolski) (11/01/88)
Insignia Solutions are the authors of the SoftPC program, which is a complete PC/XT emulator in software. SoftPC allows one to boot and run DOS in a window under X (10.4 on VAXstations and TEK). The DOS program thinks it has a CGA, but SoftPC takes care or converting it to the X commands. The VAXstation Ultrix product will be available imminently for X10 and also for X11 as soon as that is released. It is also available for the MacII under Finder or MultiFinder, the Sun3 under Suntools, SGI Iris4D, Intergraph Clipper based workstations and VAXstations running VMS/VWS. I hope this answers your questions. If you have need for more information please mail me. Zdravko Podolski, Insignia Solutions Ltd, Victoria House, 28-38 Desborough St, High Wycombe, Bucks, HP11 2NF, England Email: ...!ukc!insignia!zdrav or zdrav%insignia.uucp@ukc.ac.uk Tel: +44 494 459426, Fax: +44 494 459540, Telex: 83389 BUSENT G