Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!gatech!emcard!wa4mei!nanovx!msa3b!kevin From: kevin@msa3b.UUCP (Kevin P. Kleinfelter) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: AIX (is it unix)? Message-ID: <1127@msa3b.UUCP> Date: 16 Sep 89 21:41:42 GMT References: <1702@naucse.UUCP> <5347@portia.Stanford.EDU> Organization: Management Science America, Inc., Atlanta, GA Lines: 20 The original question involved using TCP/IP to move files from a 370 to a Unix workstation... The easiest answer is to get TCP/IP for MVS (the normal large 370 operating system). Why purchase AIX/370, just to move data from the 370 to a workstation? Now don't get me wrong; when AIX/370 hits general availability soon, I plan to push hard to get it. However, I have different needs. Also, AIX/370 is a little peculiar in that you can't just hook-up a terminal to your 370, and login. It is my understanding that the ONLY things you can do with AIX/370 require either AIX for PS/2, AIX for RT, or "AIX Access for DOS" to login. Once again, when available, there is a pretty slick facility, called TCF, for sharing work with a 370. You don't need these things to move data. AIX is not particularly EASY to setup on a 370. If you just want to move data over TCP/IP, you don't need AIX. -- Kevin Kleinfelter @ Management Science America, Inc (404) 239-2347 gatech!nanovx!msa3b!kevin