18-09-2004, 12:03 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Jangar
What did amaze me though was that our supplier in Switzerland could log on to our VAXes and diagnose and download patches from there... I mean they were from the other side of the world.... LOL
eeeek! Lets go further back! Back in the late 80's GE came out and upgraded the control systems on the steel mill I worked on. They used to use 300baud modems the size of bricks to log on from home at night to fix any problems we had. Additionally the engineers sat in Salem in the US were able to monitor our rolling progress everyday. That was what got me interested in online comms. I am just so sorry it didnt happen earleir!