[TriLUG] Unisys issue

[Bob Evans]

Well, from '96 to '99 I worked at a large bank in
charlotte, nc, that ran a "green screen" unix app with
750-900 users, hooks into Carmax, 3 credit bureaus,
data entry in El Paso(actually into Mexico but dont
say I said that), and they hated it, too. Ran faster
than a beast, but they wan't a Wintel solution. 

They used it for dealer loans. Dealer loan is where
you get your car finaced at the dealership, as opposed
to a direct loan, where you go to your bank branch 1st
and cut a check.

Anyway, this thing ran 24x7, with an average turn
around time for a loan application of under 5 minutes.

Today they are in beta 13 of the Wintel solution.
Average time for a loan app: 45 minutes. That bank is
fast losing the dealer loan market because they
thought the green screens were ugly...

And before you ask, yes, I said I could screen-scrape
the green screens to either a web app or windows, for
next to nothing, but they said thanks, no thanks, kept
me on for 6 months & a $10K stay bonus, and opted for
the modern solution.



--- Jason Tower <jason at cerient.net> wrote:

> i worked on a unisys machine last year that had a
> hardware problem, it 
> ran unixware and was nothing more than a rebadged
> netfinity 5500.  come 
> to think of it, it had a bunch of green screen
> terminals and ran an 
> inventory app.  and they hated it.  wouldn't be
> surprised if it's the 
> same place :-)
> 
> jason
> 
> On Thursday 19 August 2004 23:58, Jeremy West wrote:
> > I'll get the information you need tomorrow.  I can
> already tell you,
> > the system runs unixware, and there are around 8
> to 10 dumb
> > terminals.  The server is quite the beast, even
> though it's only 3
> > years old.  Yeah ... let me gather more specs on
> it tomorrow.  Thanks
> > for the input!
> >
> > Jeremy
> >
> > On Thursday 19 August 2004 11:49 pm, Bob Evans
> wrote:
> > > Jeremy
> > >
> > > A little more about the existing system:
> > >
> > > Do you have the model number for the unisys box?
> > > What OS is it currently running?
> > > Make/model of one of the dumb terminals?
> > >
> > > >From that, I can probably tell you what is
> possible.
> > >
> > > Unisys is the result of the merge of Burroughs
> and
> > > Sperry Rand. Their product line spans lowend
> Intel
> > > servers, bigger servers running Windows or
> Linux, and
> > > mainframes...
> > >
> > > I would say you cann run Linux on any of those
> > > products, with the possible exception of the
> > > mainframe...
> > >
> > > --- Jeremy West <jkwest at rmci.net> wrote:
> > > > Hello again.
> > > >
> > > > Here is my second question to throw out there.
>  I'm
> > > > working with a company
> > > > right now, who use a unisys system and dummy
> > > > terminals.  (you know the ones
> > > > with green lettering)  Anywho, they have this
> system
> > > > they never use cause
> > > > they hate it.  I'm currently searching for
> options
> > > > as their IT guy.  It's
> > > > such a nice server that I'd like to keep using
> it.
> > > > Can I load linux on it?
> > > > Do they make color terminal screens?  Would it
> be
> > > > easier to buy desktops and
> > > > connect to an sql server running on the unisys
> > > > machine?  I realize that I've
> > > > got to find someway to import the data from
> the old
> > > > system into some other
> > > > format.  I just don't know about software that
> will
> > > > fit their needs at this
> > > > point.  Maybe an internal website with php. 
> The
> > > > system is for inventory.
> > > >
> > > > I have time to think on this, but wanted to
> glean
> > > > any info from the vast
> > > > amounts of experience out there.
> > > >
> > > > --Jeremy
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