I'll get the information you need tomorrow. I can already tell you, the system runs unixware, and there are around 8 to 10 dumb terminals. The server is quite the beast, even though it's only 3 years old. Yeah ... let me gather more specs on it tomorrow. Thanks for the input!
Jeremy On Thursday 19 August 2004 11:49 pm, Bob Evans wrote: > Jeremy > > A little more about the existing system: > > Do you have the model number for the unisys box? > What OS is it currently running? > Make/model of one of the dumb terminals? > > >From that, I can probably tell you what is possible. > > Unisys is the result of the merge of Burroughs and > Sperry Rand. Their product line spans lowend Intel > servers, bigger servers running Windows or Linux, and > mainframes... > > I would say you cann run Linux on any of those > products, with the possible exception of the > mainframe... > > --- Jeremy West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello again. > > > > Here is my second question to throw out there. I'm > > working with a company > > right now, who use a unisys system and dummy > > terminals. (you know the ones > > with green lettering) Anywho, they have this system > > they never use cause > > they hate it. I'm currently searching for options > > as their IT guy. It's > > such a nice server that I'd like to keep using it. > > Can I load linux on it? > > Do they make color terminal screens? Would it be > > easier to buy desktops and > > connect to an sql server running on the unisys > > machine? I realize that I've > > got to find someway to import the data from the old > > system into some other > > format. I just don't know about software that will > > fit their needs at this > > point. Maybe an internal website with php. The > > system is for inventory. > > > > I have time to think on this, but wanted to glean > > any info from the vast > > amounts of experience out there. > > > > --Jeremy > > -- > > TriLUG mailing list : > > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : > > http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > > TriLUG PGP Keyring : > > http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > > ===== > Bob Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] (read weekly...) > alternate [EMAIL PROTECTED] (read daily M-F) > 704 562-7166 (m) > 704 954-3415 (o) > 704-882-6214 (h) > > There are 10 kinds of people in the world: those who understand binary, and > those who don't. > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
