Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!usc!apple!amdahl!littauer From: littauer@uts.amdahl.com (Tom Littauer) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.ibm Subject: Re: 3270 terminals accessing UNIX host by dialup? Message-ID: <61J7020mc2rC01@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> Date: 24 Aug 90 20:52:05 GMT References: <9008232236.AA26361@lilac.berkeley.edu> Reply-To: littauer@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Tom Littauer) Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA Lines: 23 In article <9008232236.AA26361@lilac.berkeley.edu> Jay Maynard writes: > >On the other hand, using a 3270 in native mode through a host-based adapter >such as the Mitek, or the Interlink I'm using, makes a pretty lousy VT100. >Doing anything other than straight line-by-line text entry is a royal pain. >You haven't lived until you've used emacs this way... :-( If you're stuck with 3270's the best thing to do is use a UNIX that actually supports them, and provides tools (editors, etc.) that make them as painless as they can be made to be. It's even possible to make curses (the library :-) work with 3270's if you can deal with their half-duplex nature. *** Bias Alert *** I work with Amdahl's UTS (the UNIX described above). -- UUCP: littauer@amdahl.amdahl.com or: {sun,decwrl,hplabs,pyramid,ames,uunet}!amdahl!littauer DDD: (408) 737-5056 USPS: Amdahl Corp. M/S 278, 1250 E. Arques Av, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 I'll tell you when I'm giving you the party line. The rest of the time it's my very own ravings (accept no substitutes).