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To: rudedog who wrote (48071)	6/18/1998 10:53:00 AM
From: K. M. Strickler	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 176387

r, You, of course, are correct - again! The statement of the '10 minutes' is probably a 'little short', but as has occurred over the period of time, many of the standards have come and gone. Although very early in computer history, there were various efforts to standardize on the SS-50 or S-100 bus, and then the IEEE -488 (I think) bus. These have all disappeared now. The ISA slot is about to be vacated, and the Serial access will soon be changed with the advent of the USB (Universal Serial Bus), SCSI has advanced to SCSI WIDE, and now SCSI FAST and WIDE. EIDE appears to be headed for the 'bone yard' as PCI and motherboard speed are increased. Nothing needs to be added to the discussion of the Monitor support, as the changes there have been phenomenal. As for the HCL list, I have a HP deskjet 310, which is on the NT HCL list, but will not operate under NT 4.0! I think that the idea of HCLs is a good one, but I believe the industry will change the standards as the technology advances. In the future, I believe that the 'workstations' will be so much 'more robust' that the 'workstations' of today will be regarded like the 286's of the past. One question here - Would you agree that the 'environment' that the computer is operating in more 'defines' the function of 'workstation' or 'stand alone' than the hardware itself, provided that you have selected hardware that is adequate to your mission? Thanks for your time and effort in your answer. Regards, Ken