IIRC CDE became available on Alpha well before Compaq took over.
BTW real DECwindows is called VWS and runs on vax/vms pre V5.0 :-)
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Benson <md.benson at gmail.com>
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Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 07:53:10
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On 14 Aug 2012, at 07:40, Sampsa Laine wrote:
The default desktop environment on DECWindows is CDE. At least on my Alphas and Itaniums..
No, I mean REAL DECWindows! ;) On Alpha you can select either DECWindows (I think it's called that, may be DW-MOTIF or something) or CDE. When faced with the option on DEC systems, the original DECWindows is... more authentic :) CDE was somewhat of a late addition as far as I know, I think HP or Compaq grafted it in, probably HP as it's used on HP-UX. I don't think CDE is available on 7.3 VAX...
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On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 10:49 AM, Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com> wrote:
Yeah, some mail server down the line kept trying to resend that msg.
Sampsa
On 14 Aug 2012, at 17:47, Pontus Pihlgren wrote:
On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 10:45:18AM -0400, Gregg Levine wrote:
On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 10:02 AM, Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com> wrote:
Can't get seem to connect to update..
Sampsa
Hello!
Sampsa did you get your problem resolved? This was sent three days
ago, and it just got here.
I _think_ he did. The reason it took three days is that the bridge runs
on the same server as the mailing list software.
/P
Hello!
Good enough. I guess I can arrange for the troll invasion to be called
off. They have better things to do. Like covering an area in the UK
instead.
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Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com
"This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."
Yeah, some mail server down the line kept trying to resend that msg.
Sampsa
On 14 Aug 2012, at 17:47, Pontus Pihlgren wrote:
On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 10:45:18AM -0400, Gregg Levine wrote:
On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 10:02 AM, Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com> wrote:
Can't get seem to connect to update..
Sampsa
Hello!
Sampsa did you get your problem resolved? This was sent three days
ago, and it just got here.
I _think_ he did. The reason it took three days is that the bridge runs
on the same server as the mailing list software.
/P
On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 10:45:18AM -0400, Gregg Levine wrote:
On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 10:02 AM, Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com> wrote:
Can't get seem to connect to update..
Sampsa
Hello!
Sampsa did you get your problem resolved? This was sent three days
ago, and it just got here.
I _think_ he did. The reason it took three days is that the bridge runs
on the same server as the mailing list software.
/P
On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 10:02 AM, Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com> wrote:
Can't get seem to connect to update..
Sampsa
Hello!
Sampsa did you get your problem resolved? This was sent three days
ago, and it just got here.
-----
Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com
"This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."
On 14 Aug 2012, at 07:40, Sampsa Laine wrote:
The default desktop environment on DECWindows is CDE. At least on my Alphas and Itaniums..
No, I mean REAL DECWindows! ;) On Alpha you can select either DECWindows (I think it's called that, may be DW-MOTIF or something) or CDE. When faced with the option on DEC systems, the original DECWindows is... more authentic :) CDE was somewhat of a late addition as far as I know, I think HP or Compaq grafted it in, probably HP as it's used on HP-UX. I don't think CDE is available on 7.3 VAX...
--
Mark Benson
http://DECtec.info
Twitter: @DECtecInfo
HECnet: STAR69::MARK
Online Resource & Mailing List for DEC Enthusiasts.
On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 2:40 AM, Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com> wrote:
The default desktop environment on DECWindows is CDE. At least on my Alphas and Itaniums..
Sampsa
On 14 Aug 2012, at 09:04, Mark Benson wrote:
On 12 Aug 2012, at 15:30, Sampsa Laine wrote:
CDE has been open-sourced: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08/09/cde_goes_opensource/
Fi on you, you should be using DECWindows, not CDE...
On the bright side, though, it does at least mean that various people might start rolling out improvements for it on the various platforms it lives on, especially AIX (which is the only current platform it's left on I think??)
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Twitter: @DECtecInfo
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Hello!
Correct. I remember seeing it running that way back when HP had
demonstration space at their offices here, also before when it was
Compaq.
When was VMS ported to Alpha? I recall being at the Alpha launch party
at the (then) DEC offices here in the city, and saw a box running
Windows NT (Alpha) and the man lamented that if too many windows were
open the system would slow down.
I also recall seeing a MIPS based DEC workstation at the UNIX expos
and the DEC chap described the coming NT system for it.
Never did anything with that family, but well I kept up to date.
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Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com
"This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."
The default desktop environment on DECWindows is CDE. At least on my Alphas and Itaniums..
Sampsa
On 14 Aug 2012, at 09:04, Mark Benson wrote:
On 12 Aug 2012, at 15:30, Sampsa Laine wrote:
CDE has been open-sourced: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08/09/cde_goes_opensource/
Fi on you, you should be using DECWindows, not CDE...
On the bright side, though, it does at least mean that various people might start rolling out improvements for it on the various platforms it lives on, especially AIX (which is the only current platform it's left on I think??)
--
Mark Benson
http://DECtec.info
Twitter: @DECtecInfo
HECnet: STAR69::MARK
Online Resource & Mailing List for DEC Enthusiasts.