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The Question is: I have detached processes (Fortran/FMS/qios) that talk to dumb terminals (VT510's). As a result there is no login done on the terminal (it is a defined device). How can I treat a Windows 2000 PC as a dumb terminal to the same effect. Because there is no l ogin, no device name is known and if it were possible, how would the terminal emulator be started on the PC to handle the IO? We use TCPware on the VAX and Reflections on the PC. The Answer is : For information on establishing an outbound telnet connection using TCP/IP Services, please see the OpenVMS Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ). Specifically, please see the OpenVMS FAQ section on estabishing reverse telnet connections. For details of how TCPware might provide and configure this option, please check the TCPware documentation and the associated vendor support mechanisms. WRQ Reflections is a family of products including a terminal emulator, a LAT transport driver and an X Windows server. For details on configuring these, please see your documentation or contact WRQ. The WRQ Reflection terminal emulators using the WRQ LAT driver can be scripted using Reflection Basic to connect to an OpenVMS LAT service. Reports from people who have done this indicate that the script needs to retry at least once on failure when connecting to the faster OpenVMS systems. A detached process can connect up to a LAT port offered as part of a LAT service and monitor the connection status through either the SYS$QIO calls. The X-Windows server could provide a display for an X Windows display connection as created by the OpenVMS command SET DISPLAY/CREATE, followed by the CREATE/TERMINAL DECterm terminal creation operation. (Information on customizing various DECterm displays is available in the FAQ.) The Reflections X Windows display server operating on the Windows platform will have to have its security configured to allow inbound connections from the OpenVMS host. HP also offers terminal emulation, LAT protocol, and an X-11 server for Personal Computers in the Pathworks 32 product.
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