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From: johnson@ncrons.StPaul.NCR.COM (Wayne D. Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.wizards,comp.protocols.tcp-ip,comp.periphs
Subject: Re: WANTED: IBM SNA <-> UNIX Connection
Keywords: IBM SNA, Networking etc.
Message-ID: <211@ncrons.StPaul.NCR.COM>
Date: 7 Dec 89 20:38:59 GMT
References: <378@ixos.UUCP>
Reply-To: johnson@ncrons.StPaul.NCR.COM (Wayne D. Johnson)
Organization: NCR Comten, St Paul
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In article <378@ixos.UUCP> snoopy@ixos.UUCP (Snoopy Schmitz) writes:
>Dear Net,
>
>we are looking for ways to connect UNIX machines to "the IBM world".
>That is something for UNIX that will plug into SNA etc. This something
>should preferably be software perhaps also some hardware. 
>
>Are there any products you can recommend ? 
>

I have used RJE on both a NCR Tower and on Suns.  Both allow the user
to transmit and submit a job on MVS.  This seems to work very well and
most of our use is in doing file transfers (submit a job that copies a
included file to disk with iebgener) and printing (use a similar job
to copy your file to the laser print sysout).  Its not very good at binary
files.  You need to use a RS232/RS448 line to do this (9600-56kbaud).

>I guess one idea is to use NFS and AIX, or PC-NFS on Mush-DOS but what I 
>really need is link (channel) to IBMs big iron under VM etc.
>

There is also rumored, a Sun product that includes a VM system in their NFS
network via TCP-IP.  Never seen it used though.

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