http://blog.eracc.com ERA Computers & Consulting Technical News, Tutorials and Opinion Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:33:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blog.eracc.com/2013/04/23/building-an-openserver-5-0-7-system-on-new-hardware-in-2013/ http://blog.eracc.com/2013/04/23/building-an-openserver-5-0-7-system-on-new-hardware-in-2013/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:33:39 +0000 Gene A. http://blog.eracc.com/?p=2814 Your venerable (SCO) OpenServer 5.0.7 Point of Sale server bit the dust and you need a new system right away to get the Point of Sale software running again so your PoS terminals, whether dumb serial terminals or “smart” network stations, are not just expensive bricks. Of course some of the VARs that cater to . . . → Read More: Building an OpenServer 5.0.7 System on New Hardware in 2013]]> http://blog.eracc.com/2013/04/23/building-an-openserver-5-0-7-system-on-new-hardware-in-2013/feed/ 3 http://blog.eracc.com/2013/04/20/foss-breaking-the-chains-of-apple-and-microsoft/ http://blog.eracc.com/2013/04/20/foss-breaking-the-chains-of-apple-and-microsoft/#comments Sat, 20 Apr 2013 19:53:26 +0000 Gene A. http://blog.eracc.com/?p=2618 It has been a few weeks since I posted an article here at The ERACC Web Log. I have been kicking around some article ideas, but nothing has gelled until today. I do have some projects going that I will be writing about once they are done. I do not believe in writing articles just . . . → Read More: FOSS: Breaking the Chains of Apple and Microsoft]]> http://blog.eracc.com/2013/04/20/foss-breaking-the-chains-of-apple-and-microsoft/feed/ 6 http://blog.eracc.com/2013/02/04/dos-accounting-meets-linux/ http://blog.eracc.com/2013/02/04/dos-accounting-meets-linux/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2013 06:25:18 +0000 Gene A. http://blog.eracc.com/?p=2775 About the middle of December 2012 I received a call from a long time SCO OpenServer Unix and IBM PC-DOS using client. This client has four Point of Sale business locations and runs a mix of DOS, Unix and Windows in the retail outlets. The main office, here in my town, runs a SCO OpenServer . . . → Read More: FOSS+CSS: Closed Source DOS Accounting Meets Linux and DOSEMU]]> http://blog.eracc.com/2013/02/04/dos-accounting-meets-linux/feed/ 2 http://blog.eracc.com/2012/11/12/foss-a-linux-conversion/ http://blog.eracc.com/2012/11/12/foss-a-linux-conversion/#comments Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:13:01 +0000 Gene A. http://blog.eracc.com/?p=2763 My friend Jerry is 70+ years young. Jerry has also been a client of mine on and off over the past several years for on-site support calls at his home office. Recently he was telling me how his aging Dell Dimension 2400 with Windows XP was running so very slow it was frustrating. We all . . . → Read More: FOSS: A Linux Conversion]]> http://blog.eracc.com/2012/11/12/foss-a-linux-conversion/feed/ 6 http://blog.eracc.com/2012/06/04/open-source-oooo-that-rackin-frackin-e-mail/ http://blog.eracc.com/2012/06/04/open-source-oooo-that-rackin-frackin-e-mail/#comments Tue, 05 Jun 2012 04:24:19 +0000 Gene A. http://blog.eracc.com/?p=2743 I grew up in the USA during the end of the age when kids were allowed to just be kids and cartoons on Saturday morning television were not a “statement” of some nanny state group trying to brainwash kids with some political or social agenda. Yeah, I mean the days when Daffy Duck could actually . . . → Read More: Open Source: Oooo that rackin’ frackin’ … e-mail!]]> http://blog.eracc.com/2012/06/04/open-source-oooo-that-rackin-frackin-e-mail/feed/ 6