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<< For the manufacturer using the punched-card system, one would think that
QuickBooks or an equivalent "modern" accounting system would be less
expensive to run simply based on operating costs: 1 PC + annual upgrade
costs for the software v. the card puncher & the 402. Electricity & card
costs probably run more than a newer system would. Training employees on
that v. probably not having to train new hires for QB would be another
reason to modernize.>>

Texans can be stubborn. I think I'll ask that guy if I can visit him the
next time I go to Houston.

:-))

Paul Nelson
Office 512-392-2577
Cell 708-670-6978
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From: midrange-nontech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-nontech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Jones
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 7:00 AM
To: Non-Technical Discussion about the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: If it ain't broke, don't fix it: Ancient computers still in use
|Desktops | Macworld

Hmm. Your shortened URL didn't work for me. For anyone else having
trouble with it, http://mcaf.ee/cjavy should work.

I would nitpick the OS/2 reference. It has faded, certainly, but not
away. eComStation (http://www.ecomstation.com/) is the successor and is
still available.

For the manufacturer using the punched-card system, one would think that
QuickBooks or an equivalent "modern" accounting system would be less
expensive to run simply based on operating costs: 1 PC + annual upgrade
costs for the software v. the card puncher & the 402. Electricity & card
costs probably run more than a newer system would. Training employees on
that v. probably not having to train new hires for QB would be another
reason to modernize.

I can buy the "if it ain't broke" argument, but "broke" sometimes needs to
be mean more than "not working". Sometimes it needs to mean "not working
efficiently or cost-effectively" to put it in context of other "not broke"
solutions.

Though I don't use them, I do still have an original IBM PC/XT motherboard
and a copy of Microsoft OS/2 from when MS & IBM were co-marketing.


On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 11:56 PM, Mike Wills <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Short URL http://murl.me/1ma
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On Feb 21, 2012, at 4:24 PM, David Gibbs wrote:

ncient_computers_still_in_use.html#lsrc.nl_mwnws_h_crawl

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