Re: Debian + PC with multi RS... port -> n x (text dumb t
:-) I put my hands on some SCO systems at some customers' and I think
Linux is quite _another_planet_ (and among every distribution Debian, also
used Yggdrasil, Slackware and RedHat).
Could not agree more. I don't think SCO, even Open Server, is in
the same solar system :).
Yes but a terminal does NOT go down unless broken, while some of those 386
could go down... ok you may say "we have not only one while the main box
is only one"... why should it crash (provided you put a power supply
backup of course), I mean why more likely than those 386's? Because it
does that lot of things? Then I would have it just handle the sessions on
the terminals and the dbase and would connect _another_ box via ethernet
for the other tasks. What do you think?
The backroom system has never gone down from a hardware failure. It has
crashed/locked up for who knows what reason. I know that it
should not happen but it can. The registers also have
been known to lock up, more so than the backroom. If a register locks
up there are other registers that can be used while the other is
being re-booted. If the backroom system goes down and you are using
just terminals then the whole operation is at a stand still until
the system comes back up. You may say, but it only takes 5 minutes
to do a complete shutdown and reboot, but this is 5 minutes that our
customers have been standing around waiting for us. To them it seems
like forever, and does not promote a very professional image.
I think the 386's offer more capabilities than a terminal alone.
Our machines use a bar code reader, a credit card scanner, control
when the cash drawer opens, print to a receipt only printer, and
print to the invoice printer. I don't see how you would get this
much functionality out of just a terminal.
My main thought in favor of the 386's is that even if the backroom
goes down, however remote, the operation that the customer sees is
still functioning.
Yes, not wrong (though I see you resent the posting without this note
:-)), but I collected help from very high quality people here (some "big"
one via private e-mail), and there could be some Debian package I'm not
aware of, and some of the original questions involved Debian-tested
hardware.
Actually I thought I had caught the first one before it went out :)
Agreed then it stays on the list.
And thanks a lot to you too!
Your Welcome.
If you are interseted in any of my thoughts on POS systems, features,
capabilites, etc. send me e-mail.
A. Paul
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