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What I suspected IBM was trying to do was claim they were doing this over the internet but use the same slow modem and configure it to use PPP versus SNA. Granted, the TCP/IP will run faster than SNA using the same hardware, but the real payback would be to use our high speed internet connections. Rob Berendt -- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin "Andrew Borts" <Andrewb@SETACORPOR To: <midrange-l@midrange.com> ATION.com> cc: Sent by: Fax to: midrange-l-admin@mi Subject: RE: MIDRANGE-L digest, Vol 1 #1014 - 5 msgs drange.com 12/26/2001 04:31 PM Please respond to midrange-l Message: 3 Subject: RE: V5R1M0 and you... To: midrange-l@midrange.com From: rob@dekko.com Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 15:51:04 -0500 Reply-To: midrange-l@midrange.com >We order PTF's quite often via the internet. In the IBM spirit of trying >to hire the most people for the most meaningless tasks it involves much >clicking of icons. Basically you get a PC with 'socks' loaded on it. Then >you point your browser to: I was under the impression that the ECS could do this ON the AS/400 - my system is ON the internet, but I still need my 12000 baud modem to dial into IBM to order PTF's Since I have a 1.5mbit Download capability - wouldn't it be great to have ECS wake up & order these in seconds instead of using that damn 800 # (costs IBM Money!) and one of the many existing T1's to get 12K/2mbyte Downloads of recent PTF's - since the system orders this? My system would LOVE being THAT up to date!! Andrew Borts / Webmaster Seta Corporation 6400 East Rogers Circle Boca Raton, FL 33499 E-mail: Andrewb@setacorporation.com Corporate web site http://www.setacorporation.com E-Commerce web site http://www.palmbeachjewelry.com http://www.myfreeitems.com Voice: 561-994-2660 Ext. 2211 / Fax: 561-997-0774 _______________________________________________ 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.
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