YOu are right on! These guys want a wintel solution. Their clients all use windows, and MS office, so they want a way to query the database and export the info to a file that can be opened in excel.
What was your option for screen scraping? --Jeremy On Friday 20 August 2004 04:58 am, Bob Evans wrote: > Well, from '96 to '99 I worked at a large bank in > charlotte, nc, that ran a "green screen" unix app with > 750-900 users, hooks into Carmax, 3 credit bureaus, > data entry in El Paso(actually into Mexico but dont > say I said that), and they hated it, too. Ran faster > than a beast, but they wan't a Wintel solution. > > They used it for dealer loans. Dealer loan is where > you get your car finaced at the dealership, as opposed > to a direct loan, where you go to your bank branch 1st > and cut a check. > > Anyway, this thing ran 24x7, with an average turn > around time for a loan application of under 5 minutes. > > Today they are in beta 13 of the Wintel solution. > Average time for a loan app: 45 minutes. That bank is > fast losing the dealer loan market because they > thought the green screens were ugly... > > And before you ask, yes, I said I could screen-scrape > the green screens to either a web app or windows, for > next to nothing, but they said thanks, no thanks, kept > me on for 6 months & a $10K stay bonus, and opted for > the modern solution. > > --- Jason Tower <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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! 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