In some of the shop environs I worked, the PC tended to grow legs and walk
away from the job site.  Terminals tended to stay on the job for a long
time!  DTC's did the trick for us...

Paul Rose
HP 3000 System Administrator
IBM Global Services
t/l 378-9793
330-764-3390


Wyell Grunwald <[log in to unmask]>@RAVEN.UTC.EDU> on 02/19/2001
11:01:55 AM

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Subject:  Re: DTC Education



I can answer this one !

Most of the places I have worked have terminals out on the manufacturing
floor ON PURPOSE.  A PC cannot take the abuse, extreme temperatures, dust,
etc that a terminal can.  In one place I worked, they went through a dozen
keyboards a week because hot metal was splashed on them.  It is a whole lot
cheaper to replace terminals than PC's, and a whole lot more cost
effective.  Also, some floor workers are very computer illiterate, and
teaching them how to run a PC is a monumental task.  Handling a terminal is
enough of a challenge.  And finally, the security is so much better - no
access to floppies or hard drives.  (Remember the hard drive that contained
weapon information that "disappeared" behind a copy machine ?)


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>>> hf <[log in to unmask]> Friday, February 16, 2001 3:19:00 PM >>>
If you want to stay with a DTC there is still a newer model with 16 ports
and one with 72. I know that it was an upgrade from 16iX to 16MX before.
Don't know if thats still around.

But the question is. What's that used for. Terminals can be replaced with
PC
with any term emulator. And many printers can be placed on the network with
JetDirect boxes. Also there is also some programs (like Minisoft  NP92)
that
can send spoolfiles to your NT or Unix system.

hf


"Tom Hula" <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message
news:t8qvfhephk1f8d@corp.supernews.com...
> Is there a place I can go on the Web to research DTCs? Models, features,
> availability and such? I just learned (I know, a little slow) that my 2
> DTC16iX DTCs had an end of support as of 12/1/2000. I am seriously
> considering replacing our 927LX with an A Class computer, but will need
to
> be able to use my DTCs on the new box for an indefinite period of time.
So,
> if I need to replace the DTCs, I would like to have a better idea of what
I
> need and what is available. TIA
>         Tom Hula
>         Victor S. Barnes Company
>
>