Re: Rumba vs. Client Access

What about building your own using Rumbas ObjectX custom control included
with Rumba?
I have done this on a few projects--worked out quite well--the users
prefered it over the origional Rumba Display.

Dave


-----Original Message-----
From: Jerome Draper <jdraper@wco.com>
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Date: Tuesday, 18 April 2000 08:19
Subject: Re: Rumba vs. Client Access


>>1) By far, Rumba's screen font for 27x132 is barely readable.  I have
>>fumbled around a bit with the display fonts but am using the default
>>Term400.  The MS Sans Serif font was close, but the characters were too
>>squeezed together.  The Lucida Console font was another close one.  CA's
>>27x132 was crisp and clear after a certain service pack was applied.  Can
>>anyone recommend a good font for this?  I've tried all the ones that were
>>installed on this system.  (Also, I do not want to have to scroll
>>horizontally to see the full display.)
>
>Font issues are important and the main issue is that none of the resident
>Windows fonts have all of the AS400 displayable character set (ie:  dup
>key, etc.).  Another issue is readability.  Just try doing 27x132 in
>640x480 mode.  Most emulators will not even display characters at all.  I
>ran into this recently at a company that had lots of out of date PC's and
>monitors.  This detail is addressed in the Synapse NetWolf product that I
>recommend and sell.  It has its own AS400 font set at every resolution with
>all of the AS400 characters.
>
>
>
>Jerry Draper, Trilobyte Software Systems, since 1976
>Specializing in connecting PC's, Windows, MAC's, and LAN's to the AS/400
>Representing Synapse, Apple, UDS, Nlynx, Perle, Lucent, etc.
>(415) 457-3431; (415) 258-1658fax; jdraper@wco.com
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