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From: schafer@DEVILS.RICE.EDU ("Richard A. Schafer")
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.ibm
Subject: Re: Interactive connection from an IBM PC to an IBM 3090 running
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Date: 26 Jul 90 15:46:19 GMT
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In article <9007260234.AA20966@lilac.berkeley.edu>, mal@itivax.UUCP
(Mark Law) writes:
> In article <1023@lehi3b15.csee.Lehigh.EDU>
corr@lehi3b15.csee.Lehigh.EDU (Chris
>         Orr) writes:
> >Hello all!  I am trying to define an environment which will allow our IBM
> >3090 machine to talk to a number of other hosts.  Among these other hosts
> >are S/38, AS400, HP 925, DEC VAX 8600, etc.

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> ...  Ask your SE about the IBM 8232.
And if you're lucky, he'll have heard of it.  Or maybe I should
say, if you're unlucky, since the 8232 is certainly one of the
slower devices available for doing this.  (Even IBM has admitted
that the performance of the 8232 reeks, and is bringing out the
3172 as a replacement with better performance.)  To add insult
to injury, the 8232 is about 4 times as expensive as the BTI ELC
which is easily the best and fastest device on the market today.

I urge you to contact Bus-Tech Inc.
                      131 Middlesex Turnpike
                      Burlington, MA 01803
                      (617) 272-8200

for information.