Re: Character-based (Green screen)/twinax systems?

For new applications use the web. Fast, pretty, quite reliable. For
security use https, no changes to application.

Console is often a headache, but for the users green screen is not the
best, even old people, used to the green screen, become very happy after
they move to web applications.

For the console, I think you can connect a pc with a browser to the HMC
port, anyone with experince on that?

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On 01/15/2016 03:57 PM, DrFranken wrote:

Bernard,

Today the server is known as Power Systems with the current
generation being POWER8. The operating system is IBM i with the
current version being IBM i 7.2 while i 7.1 is also supported.

Twinax today has two uses: It makes great speaker wire and you can
use a few lengths together to pull cars from ditches. I have done
both. The only 'reliable' twinax use was for the console because most
folks in the DC itself knew not to pull on the wire, wreck the
connectors, or mess with the switches or terminal settings.

Today the function of those terminals is still available as
Charles mentioned from several vendors but honestly a low end PC with
the latest IBM i Access Client Solutions installed is your best bet.
Easy to use, upgrade, and full function.

The server today is even faster even better even more reliable and
it also supports this cool thing: The Internet. :-)


- Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

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On 1/15/2016 12:13 PM, Bernard McNeill wrote:

Hello,

(Very!) many years ago I worked with a s/38 using dumb char-based
terminals
(including op console).
It was a successful setup.
Everything was very simple, and very, very reliable.

Now I am in a position to influence some IT.

So, my question:
Does the system i (or whatever the S/38 is currently called today) allow
for simple dumb terminal, twinax connectivity?

Best regards

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