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From: sharon@asylum.SF.CA.US (Sharon Fisher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Connecting an IBM System 36 to a PC
Message-ID: <7172@asylum.SF.CA.US>
Date: 12 Oct 89 22:10:45 GMT
References: <1241@marlin.NOSC.MIL>
Reply-To: sharon@asylum.UUCP (Sharon Fisher)
Organization: The Asylum; Belmont, CA
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In article <1241@marlin.NOSC.MIL> jbjones@marlin.nosc.mil.UUCP (John B. Jones) writes:
>My question is, what's involved in connecting an IBM System 36 to a PC?
>Can this be done with a simple emmulator, or is there a staggering sum
>to be paid to a smiling IBM representative?
>I was thinking this was an emmulator job, but I talked to someone who
>used phrases like "we're doomed" and "it's gonna cost big money" and
>"we'll never make it".

Ain't that big a deal.  You just have to emulate a 5250 terminal
rather than a 3270 one (although it may be possible that the 36
supports 3270 terminals as well, but I don't think so).  The one
vendor who comes to mind who makes 5250 stuff is Ideassociates in
Billerica, MA (617) 663-6678; your smiling IBM rep may have products
like that as well.