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> I'm hoping when you went back to the office you took him to your pc, and > showed him an iSeries screen in a browser (that did NOT look like a green > screen telnet session). And if you don't have screens like that on your > system > then point to a 400 web site and show him that your system could be doing > this! > jim He has a *real* GUI (it wasn't the browser that impressed him) on his desktop accessing the AS/400. But the monitor isn't as nice because it's a bulky 19" CRT, and his GUI isn't as repsonsive as their dealership package because the dealership's PC server can run circles around his AS/400 as a database server. I know that's akin to blasphemy on this list, but think about it. Their SCSI disk system transfers data at 160MBs; the 170 peaks at 40MBs. Do the math. John Taylor +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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