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From: dukew@binky.sybase.com (Wayne Duquaine)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.ibm
Subject: Re: LU 6.2 protocol
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Date: 30 Aug 90 14:17:13 GMT
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In article <9008281913.AA06503@lilac.berkeley.edu> "Benjamin H. Cowan" <usc!samsung!rex!uflorida!stat!sun13!prism!prism.gatech.EDU!gt2807a%UCSD.BITNET@lilac.berkeley.edu> writes:
>
>  I am looking for a program for an IBM pc that uses the IBM vtam LU6.2 protocol
>that will xmit control commands (e.g. signon, signoff, etc.) to an IBM mainframe
>and receive data from the mainframe.


Whoa, there.  Signon/Signoff are 3270-isms that do not exist in LU 6.2.
It uses a different method called Init-Self/Term-Self that perform an
analogous function, but more cleanly.

Products for the PC that you can buy for LU 6.2 support are:
      APPC/PC   from  IBM      (DOS)
      OS/2 EE   from  IBM      (OS/2)
      AdaptSNA  from  Network Software Associates (Laguna Hills CA)  (DOS)
      CommServer from Microsoft (OS/2)

There are a couple others I can't recall offhand. 3COM also sells a board
level product (MAXSESS) that includes SNA on it.

Just out of curiosity, what type of application are you trying to build ?
Are you using APPC/VTAM or CICS for the LU 6.2 support ?

Hope this helps.
   wayne duquaine
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