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From: jbvb@ftp.COM (James Van Bokkelen)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: token ring software needed
Summary: AS/400s don't do too well on the TCP/IP front...
Message-ID: <679@ftp.COM>
Date: 19 Jun 89 19:02:28 GMT
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In article <2615@cveg.uucp>, f0057@uafhp.uucp (James E. Ward) writes:
> I would have a dream setup where all the AS/400s could talk with all the PCs.
> Am I dreaming?  Let me know of any solutions in the scope of reality.  They
> are apparently ready to lay down some big loaves of bread, so don't let money
> slow your typing!

We were recently looking at accounting systems, and IBM wanted to sell
us an AS/400.  We told them that TCP/IP was a requirement, and they
sort of glitched.  Once the salesperson understood what TCP/IP was,
their first answer was a TCP/IP-to-SNA gateway from Mitek, which cost
a lot.  Their second answer was a box which required DDN-style-X.25 to
talk to, and also cost a lot.  They wouldn't tell us how much a 9370
cost, so we're now looking at Vaxen, but if you already own the
AS/400s, you should be prepared to spend a large fraction (75%+) of
the machine's cost on a gateway to anything outside of IBM's Superior
Network Architecture.
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