On Sat, 2002-05-18 at 22:05, Alan Shutko wrote: > Alex Malinovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I was approached today by a guy wanting me to write an inventory > > control/work order system to use in his muffler shop and used car > > dealership. > > We have clients running inventory, provisioning and billing software > on 486s, with 10 or so active users on a 486 (telnet or serial > terminals). It's perfectly doable for a text application, provided > you have enough memory.
For many years, my grandfather's company ran it's accounting system on a 486DX/20 w/8M RAM and 600MB HDD w/ 12 users connected via serial terminals. It ran SCO and FoxBase+ (precursor to FoxPro) plus the application. -- +---------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://ronandheather.dhs.org:81 | | | | "I have created a government of whirled peas..." | | Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, 12-May-2002, | ! CNN, Larry King Live | +---------------------------------------------------------+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
