chaney@ms.uky.edu (Dan Chaney) (06/05/89)
Hello net-folk. I am soon to inherit a AT&T 5620 terminal to use on my desk. I have no idea of the full extent of the capabilities but someone has suggested that it has X_Window potential. Does anyone have any information on how to do this, what info I need, hints, pointers, etc etc etc... Please e-mail as I do not (yet?) read these groups. Thanks folks. -- Daniel Chaney Mail guy, archiver or Accidental Student..you decide. {uunet and the like}!ukma!chaney chaney@ms.uky.edu chaney@ukma.BITNET "No! nonono....This is Unix, you take out all the vowels!" - The Uhmmer
gld@CUNIXD.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU (Gary L Dare) (06/05/89)
In article <11836@s.ms.uky.edu> Daniel Chaney wrote: > > I am soon to inherit a AT&T 5620 terminal to use on my desk. I >have no idea of the full extent of the capabilities but someone has >suggested that it has X_Window potential. Does anyone have any >information on how to do this, what info I need, hints, pointers, etc. Please cc: your replies to me, too! I'm quite interested in making more use of our 5620's since we no longer have 3B2s from which to download the system code. gld -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ je me souviens ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gary L. Dare > gld@eevlsi.ee.columbia.EDU > gld@cunixd.cc.columbia.EDU "SLAINTE MHAITH!" > gld@cunixc.BITNET
Fiacha of Glencar@hjuxa.UUCP (Fiacha of Glencar) (06/06/89)
From article <11836@s.ms.uky.edu>, by chaney@ms.uky.edu (Dan Chaney): > I am soon to inherit a AT&T 5620 terminal to use on my desk. I have no > idea of the full extent of the capabilities but someone has suggested that > it has X_Window potential. Does anyone have any information on how to do > this, what info I need, hints, pointers, etc etc etc... > If this has been done, I too would like to know about it. I hate inews and its linecounts -- Nigel R Haslock | If you have to be warped to weave, __-------___ Manalapan NJ 07726 | what do you have to be to forge? |___ __ ___/ nrh%hjuxa.uucp@decuac.dec.com| | | or ...!rutgers!hjuxa!nrh | Hotter! Make the sparks fly. /____\
hundt@paul.rutgers.edu (Thomas M. Hundt) (06/06/89)
gld wrote: | Please cc: your replies to me, too! I'm quite interested in making |more use of our 5620's since we no longer have 3B2s from which to |download the system code. You could, of course, use a wimpy PC to d/l the code... In article <11836@s.ms.uky.edu> Daniel Chaney wrote: > > I am soon to inherit a AT&T 5620 terminal to use on my desk. I >have no idea of the full extent of the capabilities but someone has >suggested that it has X_Window potential. Does anyone have any >information on how to do this, what info I need, hints, pointers, etc. The 5620 is usually used to run 'layers', a unix-based system that opens multiple windows on the 5620 screen. Note, this is a two part deal. The host must also be running a sort of 'multiplexing' software, to sort out the data to/from the 5620 into each of the pseudotty windows. I've seen layers running only on System V machines (eg. a Vax 750 at Bellcore). I'd think X-windows would be a pain in the neck to get running; the 5620 doesn't have all that much horsepower! (Anybody out there hacking WE32000 assembly code? :-) My 5620 is currently under my desk next to the PC I use; the tiny (default terminal mode) characters drove me nuts. -Tom Hundt