RE: Networking DP

Hi

I think you have an ideal DP implementation.  I've never had any networking
issues with DP but some of my 'legacy' clients are now planning to keep
their DP apps up and running, especially since there is no GUI equivalent!
Good Luck!

-----Original Message-----
From: dataperf-bounces-Ii8YPGKeNuMyuW1uK6fEew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:dataperf-bounces-Ii8YPGKeNuMyuW1uK6fEew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of 
Marcos Favero
Florence de Barros
Sent: March 30, 2007 5:53 PM
To: DataPerfect Users Discussion Group
Subject: [Dataperf] Networking DP


Dear list colleagues,

This is a request for help with networking DP.

The DP application I implemented in our health center is a
success. Users are enthusiastic! The center is part of the
public health system, and takes (good) care of 30,000 people,
mostly from poor neighbourhoods.

    (A comment is in order here about how people react to DP.
    Most of these doctors and nurses are very smart and
    pragmatic. Although they are initially puzzled at the sight
    of a character-based screen, in minutes they realize that
    DP is doing exactly the things they so badly want ... and it
    does them with a certain elegance all its own. They are
    surprised! And if any still has reservations, I put on my
    technical face and casually tell them the system will handle
    5 million records and 9,999 network users without crashing.
    And I tell them about our mailing list. That does the trick.)

Now doctors and nurses are glimpsing all the possible uses of
the system, and they would like to have access to the database
from 5 different rooms in the building, i.e., we need a network.

I have no experience with networks, so any suggestions from you
will be welcome. I'm not a computer professional; my background
is in engineering.

For economic and environmental reasons we are using old
computers (typically early Pentiums) donated by individuals from
the community. They are running on pure DOS.

We are prepared to buy spare parts (network cards, etc.) as
needed, but we would like to stay away from fancy hardware and
software. Keeping things simple and inexpensive will help
replicate the project at other health centers.

Thanks,

Marcos Florence

--------------------------------
Marcos Favero Florence de Barros
Campinas (near Sao Paulo), Brazil
favero-9j4xqiR2d5BwFqzsTH5u/w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

_______________________________________________
Dataperf mailing list
Dataperf-Ii8YPGKeNuMyuW1uK6fEew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf