5 May
2006
5 May
'06
3:14 a.m.
On Thursday 04 May 2006 06:22 pm, Richard wrote:
Most places that used to use terminals (hospitals,
banks, etc.) now
use a Windows thinclient type device so that they can have menus,
mice, graphics, etc. (Never mind that almost all the information they
display is character data.) Thin clients leverage the average
knowledge people have about using a Windows type interface and also
get to leverage the economics of PC compatible monitors, mice and
keyboards.
Having worked at a place where terminals were replaced by PCs with NT
installed I can only say that it was extremely annoying to work with, in
that environment, though it did give me the ability to have more than one
"terminal" open at a time, as well as a few other applications.
That aside, the batch of stuff that I mentioned in here recently was just
such a case -- the equipment was replaced with PCs and kept as a backup, and
then they got a second set of PCs as a backup, so... I should know more
about this stuff over the weekend.
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ablest -- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can
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