Using SUN workstations with VAXen.

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From: Ron Fox
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 12:48

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  I have a SUN Sparcstation ELC and would like to use it
along with the tons of VAXen we have locally.  The VAXEN are running
VMS.  There are a couple of problems that I need to work around that
I'm sure someone out there has already dealt with:

1. Missing fonts for remote X-clients.  If I e.g. run a DECTERM
    from either a VAX or a DECstation, then there are messages
    from the client that it is unable to locate fonts (e.g. the
    menu font families).  Does anybody have a set of font alias
    files and instructions about what to do with them to
    make these messages go away?

2. Once I'm logged in to the VAXen, I'd like to use e.g. 
   the language sensitive editor (LSE)... or for that matter any
   of the other editors.  Does anybody have a mechanism to get
   the SUN keypad to look like a VT-100 keypad... yet not throw
   away arrow keys e.g. shift to get keypad functions, and unshifted
   to get arrow functions?

  My environment is:
Sparcstation ELC, type-4 keyboard, Open look version 2.
  Since I'm a bit behind on newsgroups, could you please mail me?
If there is interest, I will summarize to the net.
	Thanks,
	Ron
Ron Fox                     | FOX@MSUNSCL.BITNET      | Where the name 
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Michigan State University   | MSUHEP::RUDOLF::FOX     | the quality
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From: fox@rudolf.nscl.msu.edu (Ron Fox)
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Subject: Using SUN workstations with VAXen.
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Date: 13 Apr 92 12:48:58 GMT
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