A Solution to VMS X Client to Sun X Server Question

[Henry Clark]

Well, after looking at these answers and talking to DEC support critters,
I believe the following are reasonable answers:

1)  Buy a third-party TCP/IP product for VMS (like Wollongong, etc.).
2)  Under VMS 5.3 (which we have), you can use an extra cost product called
    UCX (Ultrix Connection Software, I believe) to force DecWindows to do 
    TCP/IP as transport and talk directly to the Sun.
3)  The Ultrix machine (B) has a gateway daemon which runs on it which
    essentially opens a DECNet socket and a TCP/IP socket and bounces
    what it sees on one socket to the other one.
4)  In a new version of Open Windows to be released this summer (by Sun), 
    DECNet client connections will be supported.

Well, we'll probably do (2), but have to pay more money :-(.

Thanks to everyone who responded (a list is appended).

Henry

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List of Contributors:
-dave fetrow-                     fetrow at bones.biostat.washington.edu
J R Evans <ngse18%castle.edinburgh.ac.uk at NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK>
Marc Evans - WB1GRH - evans at decvax.DEC.COM
chris at zork2.cc.binghamton.edu (Chris Peck)
Leonard J. Peirce               Internet:  peirce at gumby.cc.wmich.edu
Jeff Griglack {decvax, cybbax0, mirror}!frog!cpoint!jeff
macphed at herald.USask.CA Ian MacPhedran
dan at rose3.Rosemount.COM (Dan Messinger)
kent at wsl.dec.com
XDATMNLX%DDATHD21.BITNET at CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU  (Michael N. Lipp)
"Grootwassink, David" <grootwass at tawc1.eglin.af.mil>
dwm at ihlpf.att.com (Daniel W Meeks)
brandon%bbc.uucp at NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
earle at poseur.jpl.nasa.gov (Greg Earle - Sun JPL on-site Software Support)
grover at sed170.hac.com (Dean Grover)