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From: V2002A@TEMPLEVM.BITNET ("The Radio Gnome")
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Multi-terminal service and license key
Message-ID: <8805120932.AA03169@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Date: 19 Apr 88 12:30:00 GMT
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Hi,

     Having just finished setting up a vanilla uVAX II VMS/Allin1
system for a user, we are faced with a dilemma.  This user currently
has a dedicated PDP-11/34 (RSTS/E v7.1) running a turnkey application
that acts as a data collection system.  Six terminals are controlled
by a single job which opens the terminals as slave devices.  A second
job communicates with the first to verify the data entry and update
the master files.  It runs detached.
     My questions are if we port this thing to the uVAX...

     1) Will the six slave terminals be counted as a single user
        if under the control of the master program?

     2) If the answer to 1 is yes, then will this conflict with the
        8 user license agreement?  These slave terminals will be
        operating in addition to up to 7 Allin1 users.  So in
        theory we could have 13 'users' on an 8 user system.
        I believe a 'SHOW USERS' would show 7 Allin1 users and
        a 'CONTROL' user.  The control user would have a sub-process
        (the data verification and file update) and six devices
        under its wing.

     We would be porting from BASIC-PLUS to VAX BASIC and using
FMS forms for data entry.
     I'm sure there are many applications like this out there
in VAXland.  I'd appreciate any experiences, suggestions, warnings
etc.
     In case you're wondering, the user doesn't have the money for
a 16 user key, but has the money for an additional dhv11.

uVAX II VMS 4.5  1 rd53  1 dzq11
                 2 rc25  1 dhv11


            Thanx in advance!
            Andy Wing         Temple Health Sciences Center

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