Re: Cheaper Servers?

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxx>]

Does 'console' mean 'green-screen 5250 device', in your view? Or just
'dedicated device for use by the service processor, in addition to the
everyday processor the rest of us get to use?

One of the beauties of OS/400 is its independence from hardware changes. So
there seems no reason, other than time and money, that an LCD graphic
screen could not function in a text mode (with appropriate translation from
block-mode 5250), as the console.

At 11:03 AM 4/12/02 +0100, you wrote:


>Booth Martin wrote:
>
>>why not Code/400?  you can use local files on the PC with that.
>>
>>
>>Could there not be some kind of onboard thin client thingy in a box like
>>this? That could have a minimal emulator, plus a browser, etc. It might not
>>end up being a laptop - maybe a bit bigger.
>But this still requires a separate computer running Windows, and it is
>NOT a console.
>
>Don't get me wrong, Code/400 is great, but the machine needs a real
>console. Yes, the machine may not be a laptop, but at least it could
>stand alone.
>
>Syd Nicholson