Re: Large screen monitor

["Al Barsa, Jr." <barsa2@xxxxxxx>]

At 11:20 PM 7/27/00 +0100, you wrote:
>Al
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>"Al Barsa, Jr." wrote:
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> >  Being a dumb guy, I like to use dumb terminals when working at a
> > command line.  I prefer the 24 F keys, and I use the format of the
> > keyboard as a cue as to which kind of a workstation I am working on
> > (dumb terminal [the smart work to work] or PC [the way to play]).
>
>I believe that a dumb screen is vastly more productive for heads down
>data entry than any PC, with or without an emulator, and they don't need
>rebooting.   I am sure others feel the same.  I can see absolutely no
>benefits from Code/400 - only possible problems.  I have had Code/400
>for nearly three years and have not installed it - I am content with
>SEU.  With all your influence, can't you persuade Rochester that SEU,
>for many, is a much better option, that there is nothing wrong with
>green screens for non graphical tasks, and that green screens don't turn
>blue!  They should carry on developing SEU.


I wish I could.

The problem is that they feel that these products are dead.  They feel that 
CODE/400 is the future, however I think that our customers have voted with 
their usage statistics.

I suspect that CODE/400 will become free for ADTS customers in the next 
release, but I fear that customers will still not use it.

Keep in mind, IBM does not program on the AS/400, so they don't see which 
platforms are more productive.

Al




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