Ah, I remember the wild and heady days of SNA, DEC PathWorks, DecNet and IPX everywhere.
-ASB: http://xeesm.com/AndrewBaker Sent from my Verizon Smartphone -----Original Message----- From: "Steven M. Caesare" <scaes...@caesare.com> Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 16:34:06 To: NT System Admin Issues<ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> Subject: RE: CompTIA certs Heh. Never played with a mainframe. Closest I go were some midrange system (System/36 and AS/400) that we originally connected PC/AT's to via TwinAx cards running 5250 emlators. We later actually put an Ethernet card in the AS/400 ($10K!), and ran MS SNA server to allow WfWg3.11 machines to connect over the new LAN. -sc From: Charles Whitby [mailto:charles.whi...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 4:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: CompTIA certs Yep. Could used the IND$FILE stuff that came with the IBM PC3270 software that we could have bought for around $350. But wait, that meant that naasssty pc touching his mainframe. No, precious, we hates pc's. On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 4:26 PM, Steven M. Caesare <scaes...@caesare.com> wrote: LOL... that's funny... Was it an IBM mainframe? -sc From: Charles Whitby [mailto:charles.whi...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 4:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: CompTIA certs The IT department at the hospital where I worked did. I was working on a project to poll data from a network of time clocks and had to get it to our mainframe. The IT manager at the time (1988-ish) swore up and down that he would never allow a PC to connect to his mainframe; not no way, not no how. So I had to get a $5K (at the time) 9" reel tape drive to send about 200K of data to the mf every day. (Probably used about 4" of that reel of )tape. I had speced an AT architecture machine to do it. He insisted we buy a PS/2 Model 50. I had the pleasure of informing him that (1) he insisted that I had to use the damn tape drive to get data to him and (2) that nobody made MCA adapters for these things. So I couldn't use his splendid 1/2 PS Model 50 and HAD to go the route I was going. It was fun watching him stew in his own juices... On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 4:14 PM, Steven M. Caesare <scaes...@caesare.com> wrote: Yup, Compaq and the Gang of Nine.... HP, Compaq (back when they were separate!), and several others did EISA to get back at IBM.... Did anybody here really buy in to PS/2's where they worked?? -sc > -----Original Message----- > From: Damien Solodow [mailto:damien.solo...@harrison.edu] > Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 4:02 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: CompTIA certs > > I don't think Compaq ever touched it. As I recall, they were one of the major > players in the EISA attempt to overthrow MCA. > > NCR definitely used MCA as I think did NEC. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] > Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 4:00 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: CompTIA certs > > IBM, Compaq, and... ? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 2:24 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: CompTIA certs > > Name three companies that used MCA, sir, and I'll give you a cookie the next > time I see you. > > On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 11:31, Maglinger, Paul <pmaglin...@scvl.com> > wrote: > > Microchannel... > > > > > > > > From: Raper, Jonathan - Eagle [mailto:jra...@eaglemds.com] > > Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 1:17 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: CompTIA certs > > > > > > > > Ok, I'm not very old (at least I don't consider myself to be), but > > thanks for making me feel even older now! J > > > > > > > > And how about the nifty LED displays that showed at what speed the CPU > > was operating, along with the "Turbo" button? > > > > > > > > I can't tell you how disappointed I was when I realized it was just a > > bunch of jumpers that I could program myself... > > > > > > > > Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE > > Technology Coordinator > > Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA > > > > jra...@eaglemds.com > > www.eaglemds.com > >________________________________ > > > > From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] > > Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 2:09 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: CompTIA certs > > > > > > > > Yep! And how to install EISA cards using bear skins and stone knives. > > > > > > > > From: Raper, Jonathan - Eagle [mailto:jra...@eaglemds.com] > > Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 12:38 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: CompTIA certs > > > > > > > > Seriously?!? Wasn't like that when I took it either back in '99. > > > > > > > > Sheesh. > > > > > > > > Of course back then they also covered 8 bit vs 16 bit ISA, IRQ, and > > DMA... > > > > > > > > Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE > > Technology Coordinator > > Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA > > jra...@eaglemds.com > > www.eaglemds.com > > > >________________________________ > > > > From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] > > Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 10:37 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: CompTIA certs > > > > > > > > I just spoke with someone who recently got the A+. He was very > > disappointed in the test. It seems that it deals more now with IT > > professionalism than technical expertise. An example question he gave > > me was, " You are working in a company's Payroll department and notice > > some confidential papers on the desk. What do you do?" It wasn't like > that when I took it. > > > > > > > > > > > > From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] > > Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 9:24 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: CompTIA certs > > > > > > > > You've gotta start somewhere, though. I started with A+, Network+, and > > I-Net+ just to get some (relatively) easy letters after my name. > > > > > > > > That was a few years ago, and hopefully the A+ exam in particular has > > changed. I had been building and repairing computers for years when I > > took it, but still had to study a fair amount because I found that the > > exam wasn't quite aligned with the real world. Which I guess can be > > said of most exams. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > John > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com] > > Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 10:08 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: CompTIA certs > > > > > > > > IMHO these are very baseline certs. With 15+ years, you should be > > looking at more advanced certification. > > > > > > > > Cheers > > > > Ken > > > > > > > > From: paul d [mailto:pdw1...@hotmail.com] > > Sent: Monday, 1 March 2010 10:06 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: CompTIA certs > > > > > > > > Thanks, guys. I do have 15+ years. Just looking into maybe getting a few. > > There's a "whiff" of outsourcing in the air. 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