We are looking at retiring the coax connected consoles and terminals at our site.
The obvious answer is an OSA-ICC with ethernet connected tn3270 devices. Anybody have a glowing recommendation for the replacement device for the classic 3270 "green screen" workstation console? I am trying to avoid any full blown PC workstation with external internet connectivity issues. I want an 'appliance' that we plug-in, configure and come back in a few years. These leads me away from windows based solutions because of their constant cycle of reboots to install mandatory and recommended maintenance. And if a full function PC is provided, I know that the operators will swap screens and miss that one important message that just highlighted on the console. I have some Linux appliances for other purposes that have a 2+ year uptime and don't wake me up at night with failures. I reboot THEM when I get an itch. My urge is to set up a hub between the OSA-ICC and the workstation devices. Air-gapped from the rest of the world. Again, any other suggestions are welcomed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
