RE: MIDRANGE-L Digest V2 #510 -- MIDRANGE-L

        Yeah, but it has to also simultaneously calculate the
Schroedinger wave equation and Mandelbrot Polynomial ! :-)

Do you do much design work on the space shuttle ?  (Not the O-rings I
hope).
Which version of your package controls the robots that perform open
heart surgery ?    =:-o

Sure you can control robots, conveyor systems, weigh scales, lab
equipment, etc. etc.  (One of our customers uses it a carousel picking
system in their warehouse).
It was possible to do this with a true blue solution before IBM withdrew
the 5159 Programmable Controller (anyone remember the demos at COMMON
where they had it running a model train set ?).

Sounds like you have a great solution.  Still, you must admit, that's
the AS/400 isn't the first system you would think of for that type of
application.            IT'S THE MARKETING !

PS - Maybe you can tell me offline if your Credit Card software is
approved by the Canadian Banking Association.

PPS - If you're going to do that with NT & Unix be careful what you
might catch !    ;-)



Neil Palmer                                AS/400~~~~~      
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ira Chandler [SMTP:ira@roiconnect.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 31, 1998 3:50 PM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      RE: MIDRANGE-L Digest V2 #510
> 
>       > ...
>       > If you want to calculate the "Schroedinger wave equation and
>       > Mandelbrot Polynomial while simultaneously controlling a robot
>       > that is performing open heart surgery, or design an
> enhancement 
>       > to the space shuttle", then by all means use Unix.  If you
> want 
>       > to run your business then you want the Ultimate Business
> Server 
>       > - an AS/400.
>       > Neil Palmer                                AS/400~~~~~      
> 
> Bull!  We control stuff in real time with the AS/400.
> The HELL you can't control a robot -
> 
> Ya wanna talk about robots, we control conveyor
> systems and diverters with ** SPLIT-SECOND ** response for 
> companies like London Fog, Maxwell Shoe, JC Whitney, 
> Duck Head, Seiko Watch, Reynolds Metals, TRW, Mikasa,
> Archway Cookies (my favorite, they send cookies!) 
> and hundreds of others...
> 
> One install has the AS/400 REPLACING $280,000 worth of 
> conveyor control stinking PCs running NT, with a software
> solution running totally on the AS/400 for about $100,000.
> The conveyor company who put in the $2M conveyor system 
> was not happy about losing the control layer to the 
> DINOSAUR AS/400.  We control 35 decision points with 
> divert responses in the 200ms range!
> 
> At SEIKO, we control their pick-to-light system from the
> AS/400, as well as taking the carton ID and weight from 
> an inline scale and calculating the divert destination
> based on the validity of the weight.  IN 160 MILLISECONDS!
> 
> Screw UNIX.
> Screw NT.
> 
> Ira Chandler, Technical Services, ROI Corporation
> ira@roiconnect.com   800-396-7641 x512  www.roiconnect.com
> 
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