RE: How many of you will stay at V7R5 lower due to SDA removal ?

+1

Unfortunately, I fell to the "head in the sand" approach expecting IBM to
come out with, for sake of a better description, HTML DDS version to
simply replace the 5250 green screen with a HTML style stream to possibly
a new HTTP server.

So, after wasting way too many years we have headed down the PHP path and
using the 80/20 rule.

Cheers
Don

 

Don Brown

Senior Consultant
 
[1]OneTeam IT Pty Ltd
P: 1300 088 400

-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Greg
Wilburn
Sent: Saturday, 26 July 2025 12:04 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: How many of you will stay at V7R5 lower due to SDA removal ?

This IS the quandary... IBM's UI for their own Operating System is still
the "green screen" for the most part.

We all would like an easy path to modernization of the UI - IBM has tried
many different paths over the years and, IMHO, failed miserably in all
cases. Vendors who have committed to the various paths have suffered for
it. Many elected to leave the platform compltely because IBM abandoned
their own failed initiative.

Wouldn't it be nice if IBM could just come up with a real solution to
replace 5250 altogether? It would have to be something everyone could get
behind - definitely a tall task.

Greg

-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of
Gavin Inman
Sent: Friday, July 25, 2025 8:56 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: How many of you will stay at V7R5 lower due to SDA removal ?

We've Modernized our screens with the Presto Add-on. No green screen to
end uses, but it does require the 5250 data stream. If you want to
push your remaining dedicated base off a platform IBM, eliminate 5250.

Gavin

Greg Wilburn
Director of IT
301.895.3792 ext. 1231
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