Bob,
I don't know if this answers your question, but depending on
the version of AIX you are running, you could run a gateway to the UNIX CDE
environment from a Windows PC. For example, we have a few AIX servers
(version 4.1.4 and above). Most of us are on NT 4.0 workstations, but some
are on Win95 PC's. Using Hummingbird's Exceed (there are several products
that will do this I think) we can get a CDE (common desktop environment)
logon screen so we can logon to the UNIX host and do our UNIX work, while
still running Office 97 apps on our PCs.
If you prefer the dumb terminal interface, you could always
telnet to your UNIX server from a Windows command prompt or terminal
application (telnet <server name> or telnet <IP Address>)
For awhile, all our engineers had UNIX workstations (still
connecting to applications on the UNIX servers); we ran an Ntrigue server
(does what NT 5.0/Windows 2000 promises to do) so they could have a gateway
to the NT/Ntrigue server and run NT sessions from their RISC 6000 stations.
This time around, we decided it would be easier doing it the other way
around, and it works pretty good.
I'm pretty sure you could go to Hummingbird's web site and
download an evaluation copy, or call and ask for one. The other vendors
with this kind of product would do the same.
Marilyn Morris
Network Administrator
Central Lincoln PUD
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-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Chapel
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Sent: Sunday, January 31, 1999 1:52 AM
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Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] UNIX/LINUX
interchageability
Hello,
Apparently today is my day for questions. Forgive
me if I have forgotten
but I can't recall if this list is only for
Microsoft questions or any OS.
I'm sure the proctors will bounce it if I'm wrong .
I am newly hired to administer a network that is
running a UNIX server (IBM
RS-6000 RISC 50mhz processor and dual SCSI's) I have
no familiarity with
this platform (I'm a PC guy who knows only Microsoft
and I am working WAY
overtime to get an education in the arcane world of
AIX UNIX)....I have a
number of computer phobic users who are accessing
the system using dumb
terminals and I would like to give them inexpensive
PC's (We are a not for
profit agency and can not afford to give everyone up
to date equipment) I
know that LINUX runs well on 486's with minimal
memory and we have several
of these that could be pressed into service....my
question: Are the many
programs that are becoming available for Linux able
to be run on UNIX
machines or is there that big a difference between
the two OS's? I suspect
not as my understanding is that LINUX was written
with the PC in mind but I
would be happy to be wrong. Conversely....is anyone
aware if any of the
major software UNIX platforms? eg...Lotus,Corel,
etc. I have been charged
with the task of teaching these users to utilize the
system and the rather
difficult Mental Health Management software that was
written to run on it
and it is a rather daunting task for clinicians who
are not only computer
phobic but who also don't type. Need to find a way
to make this system more
"user Friendly" while not costing my center any more
large expenditures(they
paid a LOT of $$$ for the software package and are
intent on getting their
money's worth even if it means hundreds of hours of
staff training time.
Classic pennywise pound foolish......so now I must
work behind the scenes as
it were to find a way to make the system accessible
to the user while not
putting the decision makers in the position of
owning up to their
error......Sometimes I think I ought to go back to
being a union
member.....this management stuff can be a little
thorny<g>
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