Re: From VMS to NT

There are some nice options:
- you can use your existing terminals and take advantages of Windows 2000 client for Terminal Server edition.
- Compaq iPaq - the company calls it "internet device" but it is much more. For about $500 you get a "legacy free pc", with 10/100 network interface card, 64 MB RAM, celeron 500 and Windows 2000 client license. Considering the costs of W2K itself (aprox. $250), the product is very affordable. On the server side you can use W2K Terminal Server.

pasmith_at_ppg.com wrote:
>
> We are currently a VMS shop running ORACLE 7.3.4 on an alpha 2100.
> Support for this set up is rapidly getting scarce. We are considering
> switching to an NT box running ORACLE 8i. We currently have about 150
> dumb terminals on the production floor, which run ORACLE forms for
> getting and displaying data. These are connected to terminal servers
> that can run TCP/IP. Does anyone know of a way for dumb terminals to
> communicate with NT? Or does anyone know of an inexpensive GUI device
> that we can use as a replacement for our dumb terminals?
>
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> Before you buy.

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