ml>> > ready to be installed is not the same as
installed >

 SH> But it does not take long.:-)

still, my point stands :wink:

 ml>> not only in NC but in GA, SC, VA and other places where the machine
 ml>> is intended for standalone operation with no outside connections or
 ml>> internal LAN connections...

 ml>>   ie: controller for injection moulding equipment
 ml>>       controller for equipment in food processing plant
 ml>>       controller for satelite dish positioning

 SH> Ah, the embedded stand-alone industrial PC.  But what
 SH> percentage of the total number of PCs out there are they and
 SH> how many of them even run Windows as opposed to Unix or Linux?

i don't know the percentage... many of them run windows as that's what was
on them when they were purchased... for them to have unix or linux on them,
they'd have to have been purchased quite a while ago (for unix) or very
recently (for linux)... TTBOMK, the ones i speak of are all running win9x
or DOS... of those running win9x, most of them are win95 original (ie: no
A, B, or C)... believe it or not, there are still many IBM PCATs out there
with their original 5 or 10 meg harddrive with their original version of
DOS that came with them... plodding along doing the job they were
conscripted to do... i've even had a client that used one with an old old
old accounting program written in basic... they wanted some new features
and capabilities that they knew that everyone else has had as part of the
package but management was not going to spend $1500 for a new machine with
quickbooks on it... oh well... their loss... they are still struggling
along today and that was at least 5 years ago when i was in to see them
about that...

)\/(ark