We are buying a new iSeries and the IBM person was very specific that the terminal we have in the server room is NOT supported anymore without some weird interface board. I was kind of sad at the thought. Even sadder knowing I'm going have to load IBM's client access software on some poor PC.
I worked for an egovernment company several years ago. A state (county?) agency built a service with us, and wouldn't expose the actual database to us, just an SNA supporting interface. We were essentially scraping the data. Messy, unsanitised data. I really didn't envy the developer who looked after that particular application.
I'm pretty sure what we are getting is a renamed Client Access on a small PC we need to set in the server room. Client Access is legendary for how bad it is from installing to using. I would rather have the terminal.
Man. So many memories of walking around the school with a cable tester trying to find where the ring had been broken this time.
I was so glad to see that ring network be retired.