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Ay 2 1989 mor 16 l $26,000 addition, and further noted if that would last 18 months, $26,000 is not a lot of money compared to the interest we would be losing on $440,000. Also, that extension would give us more time to decide the direction we are going. Commissioner Scurlock believed Mr. Barton is saying that whether it is today or tomorrow, he will be wanting a 400, and Chairman Wheeler emphasized that he would rather see it tomorrow. Commissioner Bird asked if the need for Utilities, Public Works, etc., to have their own computer would be eliminated if the Clerk had the 400. Clerk Barton stated they would have the ability to come on that machine. The key to their application would be type of program they were buying or were going to have developed. Commissioner Bird believed Utilities Director Pinto had told him that he needed to have his own 400 within his department. Director Pinto informed the Board that the Clerk's 400 will not run engineering; it will be necessary to have sub level computers. He stressed there is no way to get around that, but they will store on the Clerk's machine. Clerk Barton agreed that the user department is more familiar with their data and what they need from it. If they have a smaller subsystem, they can do some of the application and then send it up to the host system for storage. There are smaller versions of the 400 that hook into the larger version and also you can go from one to the other, and he believed that is where we are heading. Commissioner Scurlock believed the real answer is that you will see a number of System 400s throughout the county, and the Clerk wants one for his needs no matter who else has one. The Chairman continued to stress the importance of getting the fullest use out of the 38 and the need for an in depth analysis and compared it to deciding to buy a new car while there are still miles left in the old one. 18