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Subject: Re: Vaxstation I
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Date: Thu, 21-Mar-85 16:29:17 EST
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From: dual!mordor!seismo!harvard!bu-cs!root@BERKELEY (BostonU SysMgr)

Gee, I also used the Vaxstation at DECUS and had a slightly
different reaction. I found the window system annoying because
of DEC's hopeless hard-wiring of their code to VT100s and hence
24X80 windows. I think if you try other systems you will see why
VMS is not really a good starting point for a bit-mapped window
system unless essentially every utility is re-written.

Of course, if you have already made up your mind that it must
be VMS then why bother asking?

Don't discount the years of development it takes to make
a system like this work, it also takes innovation not
heavy retro-fitting.

	-Barry Shein, Boston University