RE: green screens are sometimes better

> I just spent the afternoon studying a manual that is over 150 pages
> long.  It is typical PC crap: Click here, pull this down,
..
> 
> I am willing to bet it would take someone at least a day
> to configure a console for the first time using these instructions.

A Windows newbie, yes, a day would be about right.  Took me about 2.5 hours
to get configured correctly and running for a brand new 820 - although that
was V4R5 - V5R1 looks a little more complex.

> 
> Call me old fashioned.  Call me a geezer.  I don't care.
> Anyone that thinks Ops Console is the way to go, I would
> sure like to hear from you.

You old fashioned geezer :-).  Ops console is great.  It works, and works
well - FOR US !  We've got it on an NT4 box talking to an 820.  We can dial
in from home.  Do an option 21 save. Grab a cold beer. Restrict the system.
End TCP/IP. IPL.  Grab another cold beer from the fridge. RCLSTG *ALL.
Another beer. Play with the control panel.  STRTCP.  You get the idea....  

It's a horses for courses sort of thing.  At the end of the day it boils
down to how comfortable your iSeries staff are with PC's.  If they're happy
enough with PC stuff, they tend to be less cautious about an Operations
Console.

I had a hard time convincing the staff here to get an Ops Console when we
bought the new 820's.  It's taken less than six months for them to think
they're fantastic - mainly from a support point of view.

I do, however, agree that a green-screen is a lot more simple to configure.

> 
> Charly Jones
> Geezer in Gig Harbor
> 



Dwayne Lindner
Senior Network Analyst
Wesfarmers Rural Information Technology
184 Railway Parade, Bassendean WA 6054
Ph: (08) 9273 5365    Mob: 0407 386 693
Email: dwayne.lindner@writ.wesfarmers.com.au
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