Subject: EDC/Feed Capture From:Rex Ballard Date: Thu Aug 31 10:22:16 EDT 1995

I have been told by Shawna that we have less than 30 days before the
next earnings period.  By that time, we must have in place a reliable
mechanism for capturing the data from PR Newswire, Business Wire, and
Canadian News Wire.  In addition, we will not be able to get
retransmissions from any of these services.

I reccomend the following urgent mechanisms:
	Immediate solution:

			1 Pentium 90 or better PC running SCO SvR4 Unix
			as a "Data Recorder", this will be a reliable
			"fallback" and can be used to "replay" data
			into the existing feeds.  We should start with
			2 1 Gigabyte SCSI drives which should be
			sufficient to store redundant copies 30 days
			worth of all 3 feeds.  The application will be
			a simple serial line recorder with a "bucket
			brigade transfer to the vax.
			We should use a Boca-Board Multiport serial card.
			Cost - $4000.

	Intermediate solution:
		1  Windows/NT Server on a Pentium 90 or Better
			Vic Parekh has a background on Windows NT and
			may be able to create a reliable feed handler
			running under this "preferred platform".  If
			not, the PC can be converted to SCO Unix.  If
			a working NT solution can be created, the
			SCO/Unix box can be converted to an NT.

			


To: Scott Levine