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From: VALDIS@VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU (Valdis Kletnieks)
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Subject: Re: CTCA's
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Date: 19 Jul 90 19:08:55 GMT
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On Thu, 19 Jul 90 14:51:17 EDT Ken Hornstein said:
>     Has anyone out there used or heard of anything using CTCA's (Channel-to
>channel adapters on CMS)?  I'd like to use them as a way to transmit data
>between userids ... it this possible, or am I wasting my time?  I am assuming
>that all the necessay calls need to be made in assembler.

This is possible.  Note however, that you will probably get better throughput
using either VMCF or IUCV.

                                  Valdis Kletnieks
                                  Computer Systems Engineer
                                  Virginia Tech