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From: witkop@kodak.UUCP (Jeff Witkop)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: pc vt100 terminal emulation and IBM mainframe's
Message-ID: <2059@kodak.UUCP>
Date: 23 Aug 89 17:49:38 GMT
References: <223@crash.cts.com> <375@arnor.UUCP>
Reply-To: witkop@kodak.UUCP (Jeff Witkop)
Distribution: comp
Organization: Eastman Kodak Co, Rochester, NY
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In article <375@arnor.UUCP> uri@arnor.UUCP (Uri Blumenthal) writes:
>From article <223@crash.cts.com>, by mtarrani@crash.cts.com (Mike Tarrani):
>> 
>> Why is VT102 emulation used to communicate with an IBM mainframe
>> in the first place?  VT102 is the emulation for Digital Equipment
>> Corporation minicomputers ... ProComm has an IBM 3101 emulation
>> that might result in more success!

I use ProComm+ with VT102 emulation to talk to the IBM mainframe environment
here at Kodak.  I believe that it is a CMS environment, but wouldn't bet on
it.  Anyway, when I get stuck with the More... message, this IBM won't budge
until it sees the equivalent of a 3270 terminal's PA2 key, which is really a
Escape followed by a period. (Note that I intend for you to hit the . key
not to actually type the word.)  Also to simulate the PA1 key, sometimes
necessary to page up or down (forgot which), hit Esc follwed by comma.

Jeff Witkop
  net:witkop@kodak.com
  (716) 477-1537