Re: Re:[U2] New UV system
Thanks for all who responded. I have to see how much gets printed versus gets downloaded (accuterm) and printed from the desktop. Thanks Mark Johnson - Original Message - From: "Ken Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 6:44 PM Subject: Re:[U2] New UV system > Dave Taylor did a wonderful job explaining the difference in porting > UV from NIX to NT and many of the things that should influence the > choice of base platforms. > > As someone who is porting from UV from AIX to Linux, I will add even > NIX to different NIX has its challenges in the area of printing. > There are lots of little variances between types of Unix that make > the process less than straight forward. > > I hope any attempting to do a migration gets assistance from someone > who has done the same migration. It will save a lot of pain and money. > > Thanks again Dave. > > Ken Hall > > At 12:00 PM 6/13/2007, Dave Taylor wrote: > >The major difference between UV/nix and UV/nt is that UV/nt has no print > >spooler - none whatsoever. > --- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
RE: Re:[U2] New UV system
The other 'fun' you'll have is if they have serial printers. If memory serves, you'd have to convert them over to termservers if you go the Windows route so that they have network addresses (though my memory has been known to be faulty). -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MAJ Programming Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 7:05 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: Re:[U2] New UV system Thanks for all who responded. I have to see how much gets printed versus gets downloaded (accuterm) and printed from the desktop. Thanks Mark Johnson - Original Message - From: "Ken Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 6:44 PM Subject: Re:[U2] New UV system > Dave Taylor did a wonderful job explaining the difference in porting > UV from NIX to NT and many of the things that should influence the > choice of base platforms. > > As someone who is porting from UV from AIX to Linux, I will add even > NIX to different NIX has its challenges in the area of printing. > There are lots of little variances between types of Unix that make > the process less than straight forward. > > I hope any attempting to do a migration gets assistance from someone > who has done the same migration. It will save a lot of pain and money. > > Thanks again Dave. > > Ken Hall > > At 12:00 PM 6/13/2007, Dave Taylor wrote: > >The major difference between UV/nix and UV/nt is that UV/nt has no print > >spooler - none whatsoever. > --- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material not intended for Public use. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you received this communication in error, please notify the sender and delete the material from any and all computers or devices. --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
RE: Re:[U2] New UV system
Your memory is faulty :-( though I would advise people to do what you suggest. We've had serial cards plugged in the back of servers and they worked fine (when they worked...). But if you have any sense, you do tend to stick a network card into a printer, or plug it into a dedicated printserver box (even there, I had nightmares getting serial printers to work - parallel was fine). You can get Windows to print to a serial port on a terminal server - been there done that got the t-shirt - but don't ask me how, it's too long ago (Prime LTS300s and a Shiva Atom). Cheers, Wol -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 14 June 2007 03:01 To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: Re:[U2] New UV system The other 'fun' you'll have is if they have serial printers. If memory serves, you'd have to convert them over to termservers if you go the Windows route so that they have network addresses (though my memory has been known to be faulty). -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MAJ Programming Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 7:05 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: Re:[U2] New UV system Thanks for all who responded. I have to see how much gets printed versus gets downloaded (accuterm) and printed from the desktop. Thanks Mark Johnson - Original Message - From: "Ken Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 6:44 PM Subject: Re:[U2] New UV system > Dave Taylor did a wonderful job explaining the difference in porting > UV from NIX to NT and many of the things that should influence the > choice of base platforms. > > As someone who is porting from UV from AIX to Linux, I will add even > NIX to different NIX has its challenges in the area of printing. > There are lots of little variances between types of Unix that make > the process less than straight forward. > > I hope any attempting to do a migration gets assistance from someone > who has done the same migration. It will save a lot of pain and money. > > Thanks again Dave. > > Ken Hall > > At 12:00 PM 6/13/2007, Dave Taylor wrote: > >The major difference between UV/nix and UV/nt is that UV/nt has no print > >spooler - none whatsoever. > --- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material not intended for Public use. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you received this communication in error, please notify the sender and delete the material from any and all computers or devices. --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
RE: Re:[U2] New UV system
Serial devices such as printers, bar-code scanners, and terminals work fine on Windows. Use Lantronix terminal servers and print servers to connect the devices. You can set up the printers as standard TCP/IP printers and use a generic text driver to print from UV. Ross -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anthony Youngman Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 6:29 AM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: Re:[U2] New UV system Your memory is faulty :-( though I would advise people to do what you suggest. We've had serial cards plugged in the back of servers and they worked fine (when they worked...). But if you have any sense, you do tend to stick a network card into a printer, or plug it into a dedicated printserver box (even there, I had nightmares getting serial printers to work - parallel was fine). You can get Windows to print to a serial port on a terminal server - been there done that got the t-shirt - but don't ask me how, it's too long ago (Prime LTS300s and a Shiva Atom). Cheers, Wol --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
Re: Re:[U2] New UV system
This guy wants low cost equipment. If they have been running on a 486 box up until now, speed is certainly not an issue. I'd suggest browsing ebay for a 1-2 year old dual core server or workstation. You'd be surprised at how cheap they are once they come off lease. I do this myself every couple of years. Since this is a business, I'd recommend tossing the drives that come with the system (they will have already been used, misused and abused). Get a couple new scsi type drives to run as a mirrored set. Grab the latest copy of SuSE (or your choice of linux) and your set. If you'd like to increase costs a bit, you can alway's purchase Windows Server 2003. --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
