| Title: | DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90 |
| Notice: | See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit |
| Moderator: | STAR::VATNE |
| Created: | Mon Oct 30 1989 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Dec 31 1990 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 3726 |
| Total number of notes: | 19516 |
Hello,
Is there any plans to incorporate other types of network transport
protocols other than DECnet and TCP/IP for DECwindows/Motif?
I am looking at presenting CDA/DECwindows/VTX to a straegic financial
account over here in Australia who have a considerable investment in
IBM equipment.
This account has been told that Digital is comming out with Token Ring
and support for Token Ring in the next 9 - 12 months. I would very
much like to be able to tell them or even allude to Digital supporting
the display of DECwindow/Motif applications over an SNA network on a
PS/2 running DECwindows for the PS/2.
Can anyone give me both the official and unofficial directions Digital
is considering in this area?
It would seem to me to be terrific if we could include this type of
functionality under our NAS umbrella and could conceivably make it
easier to penetrate into 'Big Blue' accounts.
thanks for your help in advance
regards Peter
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| 2464.1 | Try the IBM and PC folks | DECWIN::FISHER | Prune Juice: A Warrior's Drink! | Mon Mar 19 1990 16:04 | 5 |
You should probably contact the IBM interconnect people and/or the PCSA people and ask them if they will do it. I doubt that this kind of question would be answered directly in a conference like this. Burns | |||||
| 2464.2 | JAMMER::JACK | Marty Jack | Tue Mar 20 1990 14:15 | 6 | |
To expand a bit on .1, the interface for writing transports is
public, documented, supported in V5.3 and beyond. It might make sense
for Digital to offer other transports as products, and you could work
with appropriate product management to make your requirements known.
You could also do them yourself using the supported interface as
one-offs for specific situations.
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