Re: pc based security intrusion and camera system

["Roland More" <NoSpamroland@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I never took any formal classes in CIS when in college. Back then it was
mostly punch card anyway. You are far beyond any level of formal education I
have in the computer field. I was a Biology major and Chemistry minor, and
got too busy (or lazy) to file a degree plan after about 150 plus hours.
What I know now about computers, networks and such is from what this
industry has required me to learn.


"Bob La Londe" <nospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Roland More" <NoSpamroland@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> >Mainly because Winblows sucks.  Then nothing critical is
>>> dependent on Windows.  I have nothing against a well built PC.  The OS
>>> is the problem.  I've got a 486DX in my back office running PCDOS and
>>> running  continuously since it was first set up with maybe 6 reboots in
>>> all
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/embedded/default.mspx
>>
>> A modern PC appliance running Windows Embedded could be as reliable as
>> your DOS based 486. An embedded OS is not the same as having no hard
>> drive and using memory chips. Since you are nearer lost wages Nevada than
>> I am, you have probably seen slot machines that use some flavor of
>> Windows Embedded OS, maybe without knowing it. I see a lot of mission
>> critical stuff running a Linux or Windows Embedded OS. However if you
>> want to use a regular OS that is as tough as a Mack truck I'd try SCO
>> Open Server 6. http://www.sco.com/products/openserver6/. You just can't
>> beat it to death.
>
>
> Actually an old associate of mine was working on gaming machine
> programming a few years back.  He used to own a computer store here in
> Yuma many years ago.  Haven't heard from him in a while though so not sure
> what he is doing these days.  Anyway, I am actually aware of some of the
> OS applications of which you speak.  I might have even set up a few linux
> boxes to play with them and see how they perform.  The problem is folks
> who ask about tying everything under the sun into their PC are usually
> looking for cheap easy solutions.  Hence.  Windows box machine and plug in
> hardware.  Yuck.
>
> Somewhere I might even have a copy of Bell Unix for the 386 on five
> bazillion 720K floppy disks.  Actually I think its in the safe from my
> dad's hardware store.  It was the underlying OS for the server for his
> parts system.  It was pretty stable too.
>
> P.S.  My education is in CIS and I was running a growing computer service
> business out of my house when I was dragged kicking and sceaming back into
> the alarm industry by a client who was trying not to get screwed by my old
> bosses.  I'm not as up to date as a lot of folks in the main stream of the
> business, but I'm a little more in tune than the average dabler, and I'm
> more than a power user as I actually know how to write code.  Well I usta
> c'ud write code a decade ago anyway.  (A dozen versions of basic,
> Chasm(assembler for the PC), C+, Cobol, and another half dozen scripting
> languages) LOL. Have to be honest.  I'm really only familiar with
> 8086/8088 instruction code.  It will all run on the newer processors out
> there, but I don't know the expanded instruction set for the new
> processors or for Windows (generation whatever) all that well.
>
> Bob La Londe
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