Everhart,Glenn From: Fred Zwarts [ZWARTS@KVIASV.KVI.nl] Sent: Friday, April 03, 1998 1:55 AM To: Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com Subject: Re: Bookreader for Win95? Nigel Barker writes: > On 27 Mar 1998 23:49:07 GMT, jsb@early.com (Jonathan Boswell) wrote: > > >Arne Vajhøj (ava@cri.dk) wrote: > >: 1) Use X terminal emulation software on the PC. F.ex. ReflextionX or Exceed. > >: Note that such software is usually relative expensive. > > > >How does FREE sound? See http://www.microimages.com/www/html/freestuf/mix/ > >for a workable free X server for Win95/NT or for the Mac. > > This looks great, like the price too:-) Thanks a lot for the pointer. > However I can only get it working from a UNIX machine. If the node > that I have started MI/X server on is node.a.b.c I do > > # setenv DISPLAY node.a.b.c:0.0 > # xterm & > > I pop up an xterm on my PC (running NT4SP3). > > However if on my VMS machine I do > > $ set display/create/node=node.a.b.c:0.0/transport=tcpip Replace this by $ set display/create/node=node.a.b.c/server=0/screen=0/transport=tcpip Note that /screen=0 and /server=0 are defaults that can be omitted. > $ sho display > > Device: WSA14: [super] > Node: node.a.b.c:0.0 > Transport: TCPIP > Server: 0 > Screen: 0 > > $ mc decw$terminal > This is the Motif Version of the DECterm controller > X Toolkit Error: Can't Open display > %DWT-F-NOMSG, Message number 03AB8204 > %TRACE-F-TRACEBACK, symbolic stack dump follows > etc etc > > Have I forgotten something? > > Cheers > > Nigel > -- > Nigel Barker barkern@mail.dec.com > Now on the sunny Cote d'Azur Fred Zwarts Kernfysisch Versneller Instituut (KVI) Zernikelaan 25 Phone: (+31/0)50 363 3619 9747 AA Groningen Fax: (+31/0)50 363 4003 The Netherlands E-mail: F.Zwarts@KVI.nl