Re: Cheaper Servers? - Been there - done that

[Dr Syd Nicholson <sydnic@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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Telnet, etc always require communications (eg, TCP and Telnet servers)
to be be active. In restricted state this not the case. IBM have tried a
number of different convoluted routes to a terminal since moving away
from Twin-ax. I am yet to be impressed by any of them.

There is nothing more irritating than loosing contact with your console
when trying to restore a SAVSYS. And - always a PC is required, and you
hope Windows does not crash during any key processing. It is a pain in
the *%$&£".

The iSeries really does NEED to be able to talk natively to a standard
display, keyboard and mouse. -- C'mon IBM it can't be that hard, even if
this function is limited only to the console!!!

Syd Nicholson



rob@dekko.com wrote:

>Or the use of telnet or any other 5250 derivative.
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>Rob Berendt
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>Dr Syd Nicholson wrote:
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>>Even a Windows NT server has its own keyboard, mouse and display. All
>>administration can be done on the server, it does not need any clients.
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>>Many OS/400 features can only be accessed via Ops Nav, and another
>>machine running Windoze is essential. We cannot administrate the server
>>on the server. More and more IBM are taking this route.
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>I agree with your point.  We should be able to entirely administer
>OS/400 _without_ the use on Windows.
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