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Scott: Exactly right. Data queue client/server, sockets client/server, whatever. It doesn't even have to be done all at once, do it a program at a time if you want to. And it isn't that difficult. Not enough response? Start a couple additional server jobs. But as you said, we usually don't! Why not? Tom Liotta On Fri, 09 November 2001, Scott Mildenberger wrote: > > Tom, > > If the applications are written to separate the display logic from the main > code and the communication between the two parts is via something like data > queues then you can have an application using physical terminals where most > of the processing all occurs in batch. The interactive workload would be > minimal. We have had the capability to build our applications this way for > a very long time (although we usually don't!). And an application built > this way could very easily support another type of interface such as GUI or > Web with no changes. Wow, modern looking app's or terminals and either one > doesn't need a machine with a lot of interactive processing power. The > development is more complex but I believe once the framework is in place you > should be able to develop new app's at the same pace as done today. > > If I could just get this accomplished where I work. :) > > Scott Mildenberger > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: thomas@inorbit.com [mailto:thomas@inorbit.com] > > Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 9:54 PM > > To: midrange-l@midrange.com > > Subject: Re: Weigh in on Fast400 . . . > > > > > > > > Of course, if the _actual requirement_ is physical terminals > > rather than terminal emulators, it's not quite the same question. > > > _______________________________________________ > This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list > To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/midrange-l > or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@midrange.com > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. -- Tom Liotta The PowerTech Group, Inc. 19426 68th Avenue South Kent, WA 98032 Phone 253-872-7788 Fax 253-872-7904 http://www.400Security.com ___________________________________________________ The ALL NEW CS2000 from CompuServe Better! Faster! More Powerful! 250 FREE hours! Sign-on Now! http://www.compuserve.com/trycsrv/cs2000/webmail/
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