i worked on a unisys machine last year that had a hardware problem, it ran unixware and was nothing more than a rebadged netfinity 5500. come to think of it, it had a bunch of green screen terminals and ran an inventory app. and they hated it. wouldn't be surprised if it's the same place :-)
jason On Thursday 19 August 2004 23:58, Jeremy West wrote: > 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
