RE: Linux and V5R2

["DeLong, Eric" <EDeLong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

GDDM? Like that was ever an option.  Who could afford the terminals?  As I
recall, there was a PCS emulator that supported GDDM, but IT required a very
specific and expensive video card (XGA?? XVGA??)...  

Eric DeLong
Sally Beauty Company
MIS-Project Manager (BSG)
940-898-7863 or ext. 1863



-----Original Message-----
From: qsrvbas@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:qsrvbas@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 10:38 PM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Linux and V5R2


midrange-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>   9. RE: Linux and V5R2 (Smith, Nelson)
>
>Let me ask a dumb question here.  If Unix/Linux, whatever, is character
>based, and also old-as-the-hills, just like RPG & OS400, how is it they can
>add a GUI interface and we can't?

Perhaps because almost no one would use it. AS/400s had graphics capability
from the start, but it's effectively been removed recently -- never used
GDDM? I programmed a few functions in it a number of years back. AFAIK, it
was never significantly enhanced beyond its early capabilities under OS/400.

Tom Liotta

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