From: iversen@dsfys1.fi.uib.no (Per Steinar Iversen)
Subject: Re: VXT2000 and HP-VUE setup ?
Reply-To: iversen@vsfys1.fi.uib.no
Organization: Department of Physics, University of Bergen, Norway
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 15:33:48 GMT


In article <1992Nov18.045117.5121@modtor.uucp>, pz@modtor.uucp (Peter Ziobrzynski) writes:
>
>torstein@itek.norut.no (Torstein Meyer) writes:
>
>>Please,
>>Could anyone out there please give me hints on setup or configuration.
>>We're running HP-UX.
>>We're running VXTMP0011B/VXTSP0011B
>>We're needing installation, font-setup, tftp-setup, ... info
>>What should we be aware of - pitfalls.
>>You're advice would be appreciated.
>>--
>>Torstein Meyer (Sys.Cons.) +47 83 80150 (fax:82420)
>>	FORUT IT AS, NORUT-gruppen AS, N-9005 Tromsoe, Norway
>>torstein.meyer@itek.norut.no
>>	C=no;A=;P=uninett;O=norut;OU=itek;CN=torstein.meyer
>
>
>We just took an order of 8 of these terminals.
>
>After booting it over mop with 8 Mb RAM the terminals were crashing
>regularly with register traces on screens. Any connection on LAT to Ultrix
>or VMS were exhausting the machine resources. 
>We upgraded to 12MB. Now they do not crash in trivial connections
>but always when we start the X sessions with mwm(1) and
>set background to gif immage.
>
>General impression it that it is a very clumsy and unreliable 
>machine. The local setup software is awkward and slow. While
>in connection with the xdm(1) the pulldown menus can take up to
>5 sec to respond.
>
>We demonstrated and reported this to DEC and we hope to ship them back.
>
>We evaluated in detail NCD 19c. This box can run circles around
>VXTs with 6Mb of RAM. The local setup software is very nice.
>NCD has remote configurations dowloaded from asci files, etc....
>
>We are about to place order for 16 of NCD19cs.
>
>- peter
>-- 
>Peter Ziobrzynski, pz@modtor.uucp, peter@sni.ca, Toronto, Ont. Canada
>

I just tested the memory usage of a monochrome VXT2000 with 16Mb RAM by 
starting the memory-meter and then logging into a DECstation 5000/200 by xdm. 
I used mwm (1.1.3) as supplied by DEC. After logging in and starting the screen
clock, session manager, xconsole and one dxterm I had 7828 Mb free.
I then loaded a gif picture onto the root with xv, and went down to 7634 Mb 
free. As a further test I started 4 dxterms, one xterm, xdvi and ghostscript
simultaneously and ended up with 7268 Mb free. All this should have worked
on a 12 Mb box too. There is no problem at all with the response either, though
the local window manager is slightly faster than using a remote manager. Are you
sure that the terminals are correctly configured and that they are running
the 1.1 version of the VXT software? My box get all its fonts by LAT, perhaps
TFTP uses more memory?

As you can guess I am happy with the hardware and software. Less so with the
way DEC sold me the thing - somehow they forgot to mention one needs an 
expansion board for memory above 4 Mb, not just the memory itself... We had to
pay extra to get that though the box was sold as a "complete".

-psi 

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