> > To get a 3000 window on any X terminal (or workstation) requires two > things. An X-based terminal program displaying a terminal window > on your screen, and a connection from that terminal program to > the system you want to log into. People often think that these > are the same thing. For example, the usual way to get from an X > station to a 3000 is to run a copy of the program 'hpterm' on an > HPUX system somewhere (which will get you a terminal window with > a connection to the system it is running on) and then within that > unix session you can now see in the hpterm window, you run a copy > of the 'vt3k' program to establish a VT connection to the 3000, > which will get you a ':' prompt. vt3k has nothing to do with > terminals, terminal emulation, or terminal screen control protocols. > It knows nothing about X and could not display a window if it's > life depended on it. Similarly, hpterm has no clue about 3000s, > and no way to connect to one. hpterm can only give you a terminal > emulation window to the system that hpterm is running on. Since > hpterm has not (yet?) been ported to the 3000, you can only use > hpterm to talk to a unix system. Fortunately, you have vt3k to > run on the unix system to complete the picture and connect the > hpterm window (indirectly) to the 3000. > .>> Is that how HP does it? I know all HP field personnel have an X-terminal on their desk, even those working on 3000's Sounds convoluted to me. NMD