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From: jbvb@FTP.COM (James B. Van Bokkelen)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: TN3270 support on UNIX machines
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Date: 10 Sep 90 14:40:16 GMT
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    I am trying to find out if there is a Unix implementation
    of TN3270 (RFC 1041 compliant)....

RFC 1041 does not describe what the world presently implements as "tn3270".
I do not know of any implememtations, and current discussion on the "tn3270"
mailing list seems likely to evolve in a different direction.  RFC 1123
touches on current "tn3270" practice, but there is no definitive write-up.

    We have some PC's that support it, and would like to access a Unix box
    (acting as a server) using TN3270....

The only "tn3270" servers I know of are for IBM mainframes (either the
mainframe or some sort of gateway box has an IP address).  Mapping the
block-mode EBCDIC data stream to Unix conventions is a large project.

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