[HECnet] Anyone got TOPS-20 / Ultrix with DECNET SIMH image ready to run?

On Wed, 12 Jun 2013, Dave McGuire wrote: On 06/12/2013 02:33 PM, Paul_Koning at Dell.com wrote: ago. And that demo surfaced some time later. The big complaint was that when too many windows were open the system started dragging its feet. I blame X for that. ;) I still have that happen...on modern intel crap. X never did that on far, far slower hardware. X was pretty good even on very slow hardware, though the first VAXstation with its one bit per pixel dumb bitmap display was iffy. The VCB01. That was my first VAX framebuffer. I'd agree with "iffy" until you compare it with its contemporaries...i.e., CGA on a PeeCee. PeeCee contemporaries left much to be desired. ;) But it was far better than its predecessor (VAXwindows? I forgot what it was called -- a VMS-specific windowing system developed at DEC, and dumped after a year in favor of X. DECwindows. I loved it, but then I loved X more. =) (and still do!) -Dave Unfortunately X on modern OSes is a little more of a kludge. ;) I suppose if you tweak it enough and force it to bend over to serve you it can be quite nice...but It's not my friend. Much like many other UNIX/Linux apps...X DOES choose its friends very carefully. ;) (It's one of the few UNIX-HATERS chapters I completely agree with...I just think X has wasted potential and could've been better implemented.) -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA -- Cory Smelosky http://gewt.net/ Personal stuff http://gimme-sympathy.org Experiments