Sad - I've seen that as well. During Y2K a number of phones had to be replaced because the display only showed 2 digits for the year when displaying the date. Go figure the mentality of those making those decisions (they probably got a kick back for the money spent).
Lionel B. Dyck <>< Website: https://www.lbdsoftware.com Github: https://github.com/lbdyck “Worry more about your character than your reputation. Character is what you are, reputation merely what others think you are.” - - - John Wooden -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Pommier, Rex Sent: Friday, April 29, 2022 12:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: General Query --- Any comments on thin clients as mainframe consoles. Because somebody will come back showing the corporate standard that says ALL Windows PCs must be kept current with patches and anti-virus software. Network connection or not. A prior site I worked at had a key card entry system that worked just fine but it had an old PC running it on an unsupported OS (windows 98 I think). The only thing this PC was attached to was the card readers - via dedicated wiring inside the walls of the building. They had to replace the security system because some pinhead decreed that the PC was a security risk because it wasn't running antivirus. No amount of "it's behind a locked door behind another locked door and has absolutely no way of getting out to get infected" would convince him. Rex -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Lionel B. Dyck Sent: Friday, April 29, 2022 12:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: General Query --- Any comments on thin clients as mainframe consoles. But why worry about doing updates if all you are doing is TN3270 on those Windows workstations? Delete all the games, etc. and lock them down. Lionel B. Dyck <>< Website: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.lbdsoftware.com__;!!KjMRP1Ixj6eLE0Fj!qD9sf0tTqsZzajRs7r3P14zpkC9D_mxTEOdivNXUvP_4Aow3DGQ4PJ73hZq8tWkC_GINdUXsiUmLyo9j$ Github: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://github.com/lbdyck__;!!KjMRP1Ixj6eLE0Fj!qD9sf0tTqsZzajRs7r3P14zpkC9D_mxTEOdivNXUvP_4Aow3DGQ4PJ73hZq8tWkC_GINdUXsiayFHRLF$ “Worry more about your character than your reputation. Character is what you are, reputation merely what others think you are.” - - - John Wooden -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Thomas Kern Sent: Friday, April 29, 2022 11:53 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: General Query --- Any comments on thin clients as mainframe consoles. We had Windows PCs as consoles for our ICC. All of them were not on the real network, so no regular Windows updates. Once a month, we took a long Ethernet cable and connected each console PC to the real network and updated Windows and then reconnected to the ICC. Not too hard to do. /Tom Kern On 4/29/2022 3:28 AM, Brian Westerman wrote: > There is no real reason that your ICC consoles need to be on the rest of your > network. However, there are people who set it up with a VPN so they can > operate consoles from home. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The information contained in this message is confidential, protected from disclosure and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, distribution, copying, or any action taken or action omitted in reliance on it, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
