Bypass Xwindows after VMS boots?

[Hoff]

WINDOW_SYSTEM = 2 was used to select VWS, the VAX Workstation Software, and not EWS. 

VWS was a fast, light-weight, non-networked windowing system that was used with the early VAXstation systems.

EWS is an embedded and downloadable X terminal package that can be used on some of the older VAXstation systems, and it's based on DEC's VAXELN kernel.

Copies of EWS are available via the OpenVMS Freeware.

[Rick Retterer]

Hoff,

   You are absolutely correct.  VWS was the windowing system that could be alternately selected via the window_system sysgen parameter.  My bad, and I apologize.

VWS was a really early implimentation of X11, on VAX workstation systems.

Thanks for the clearification.

Rick