RE: No 5250-based applications

[Chris Bipes <chris.bipes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well our authorization system is server based on Data Queues.  We have to
systems dedicated to processing transactions.  One here and one half way
across the country.  The remote one has only a twinax console and not 5250
based applications.  Now we telnet in to check and update the system from
time to time.  But NO 5250 applications.  The server here is still running
5250 applications that are modems attached to protocol converters and signed
on interactively.  Though this program only gathers the transaction and
sends to a data queue, then waits at a data queue for the response from the
server jobs.  They use very little CPU, but are 5250 interactive jobs.  By
this time next year, the protocol converters will be IP attached and no more
5250....YEA!!

But our main system has hundreds of 5250 terminals and all 5250 display file
applications.

SO YES and NO!

Christopher K. Bipes      mailto:ChrisB@Cross-Check.com
Operations & Network Mgr          mailto:Chris_Bipes@Yahoo.com
CrossCheck, Inc.          http://www.cross-check.com
6119 State Farm Drive     Phone: 707 586-0551 x 1102
Rohnert Park CA  94928    Fax: 707 586-1884

-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Klement [mailto:klemscot@klements.com]
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 11:52 PM
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject: Re: No 5250-based applications


>
> Folks,
>
> I see in IBM's V5R1 overview that they boast
> "flexible options for customers with no 5250-based applications"
>
> Now how many of those are there?
> Anybody on this list that falls in that category?


I don't see this ever happening in my shop...   5250 is more efficient
for data entry than a web browser or GUI app.  Once you've learned
the keyboard, you can enter data significantly faster.

It's also a whole lot quicker and cheaper to develop a 5250 app.  And
they tend to be significantly more stable.  (Especially if the 5250 is
running on a terminal and not a MS-Windows-hunk-of-garbage-PC)

Running 5250 saves us tens of thousands of dollars each year -- and we're
a small company.

Don't get me wrong... the graphical stuff has its place... particularly
when you need pictures, graphs, etc...  but it's certainly not the
solution to every problem, as IBM would make it seem.
 
I wish IBM would start focusing on the AS/400 (err iSeries) strength, 
rather than trying to adopt it's competitor's weaknesses.



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