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From: yossie@fnal.fnal.gov (Yossie Silverman)
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Subject: Re: 3270 Emulation
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Date: 5 Dec 90 17:34:38 GMT
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In article <1990Dec4.214002.10978@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> robs@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu 
(Rob Schaeffer) writes:
> I am looking for a IBM 3270 terminal emulator, that works out the
> modem port, not a TelNet program.  For the Mac of course.

As mentioned in a previous article, TERM is the solution to all your 
problems.  TERM emulates a TVI950 terminal (chosen because it has the 
shortest escape sequences of the standard 7171 terminals).  All 3270 
functions are availble under it.  It has all the standard terminal program 
features (dialout, minimal macro support, text capture).

TERM also has an incredible file xfer protocol.  Coupled with three 
products on the VM side (WMAC, RMAC, and BINHEX) it rivals ZTerm for speed 
and convenience!

BINHEX will convert between HQX and MacBin formats.  It will check that 
the file is legal Binhex.  It will compute the amount of time necessary to 
download it (via WMAC) at any given line speed.  It is BLINDINGLY fast (on 
a 3090 it can convert from MacBin to HQX at the rate of around a 
Meg/second!)

WMAC will write a file to the Mac.  TERM automatically detects the attempt 
to store a file and pops up a dialog to ask where (you can include the 
option NOMENU on the WMAC command to prevent even this, I.e. store the 
file in the current directory).  File transfer can be done in ASCII or 
MACBIN or BINARY formats.  WMAC can also send the file directly to the 
current printer and thus allow your Mac printer to be used in passthru 
mode (ala VT100).

RMAC will read a file (causing a MENU to pop up on the mac).  
Unfortunately RMAC can only read ASCII files (unless something has changed 
very recently).

The speeds I recall were in the 100 CPS at 1200 range.

The two commands (RMAC, and WMAC) work with TN3270 as well (only MUCH 
faster :-)

ANONYMOUS FTP into BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU will give you access to all the 
different files that this package consists of (some for VM, some for Mac).

Happy hunting!  - Yossie

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