Re: Twinax Card and Win95

re: AS/400-like PCs:

Isn't the 'briefcase' model AS/400 about $15000?  And isn't that about what
you end up paying for a high-end PC?  The solution seems obvious...

--Paul E Musselman
PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com



At 06:02 PM 5/7/97 -0400, Dean wrote:
>Hans & Cheri,
>
>In a message dated 97-05-07 00:25:03 EDT, you write:
>
>> > As someone who has worked on S/38 and AS/400
>>  > software development for years, I've always wondered what PC's would
>>  > be like if PC users demanded the same level of quality as do AS/400
>>  > customers!
>>  > 
>>  Hans -
>>  
>>  Excellent point!!  I've been wondering that myself for a long time.
>
>If I could offer:
>
>A.  There would be NO general protection faults.
>B.  When a program terminated, there would be no portion of it left in
>memory.
>C.  All PC's would come with a tape drive and enough memory/disk to
>adequately perform their given task, rather than no tape drive and enough
>memory to run the OS with no consideration given to applications.
>D.  ALL hardware would be "Plug 'n Play", regardless of platform or OS.
> Users wouldn't need to worry with IRQ settings or loading TSR's in the
>proper sequence.
>E.  Security would be provided with all systems.  You wouldn't be able to
>boot from drive A: without a (unique) hardware key and knowing how to select
>the proper function code.
>F.  AUTOEXEC and .INI files would not be necessary.  The system would
>adequately configure itself for base operation, and deleted software would be
>DELETED.
>G.  All PC's would come with a built-in database.
>
>Just a few ideas.  But then they'd be AS/400's, wouldn't they :-).
>
>IMHO,
>
>Dean Asmussen
>Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
>Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
>E-Mail:  DAsmussen@AOL.COM
>
>"Too many people expect wonders from Democracy, when the most wonderful thing
>of all is having it." -- Walter Winchell

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