Re: Systems replacement poll.

[Pat Barber <mboceanside@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Three ways to go:

Used 170's (very cheap at the moment)

New 250's  (fairly cheap)

Remote controllers at each branch and a connection back to a
larger box. The web "might" be a way to go, but I'm not 100%
on the "up time" that you require. If the branches can put up
with unscheduled "down time", the web is a choice. The most
problem free method is a dedicated line.

 IF the existing code meets your needs, then I like the following:

Conversion to RPG/400 while not easy, isn't really rocket science.

I would move to either of the above boxes and recompile in the
S36ee, which works just fine. I recommend that, due to the major
rewrite involved in OCL to CLP.... Start your migration to native
at a more controlled pace... The S36EE on the newer boxes really
runs quite well, and this would be a fairly easy migration.

PC's are not an option from my stand point.


"Shields, Ken" wrote:
>
> Hello everyone..
>         Current operation has AS/36 machines in our branches, and we are 
>investigating
> some form of replacement for these boxes.
>         Each /36 runs a complete business system, and I was wondering whether 
>it would be
> more feasible to convert the existing RPG code to RPG/400, and hook the 
>branches into an Internet connection with a larger box in Toronto, or research 
>a pc solution for each branch?
>         Any and all suggestions would be helpful.
> Regards
>
> Ken Shields
> Oshawa systems group
> Works 81, Oshawa Ontario
> (905) 725-1144 Ext 326