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From: dsc3rjs@NMDSC20.NMDSC.NNMC.NAVY.MIL (Bob Stratton)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: INT14/COM1 redirection with FTP/TRW PC/TCP
Message-ID: <9012141949.AA23788@nmdsc20.nmdsc.nnmc.navy.mil>
Date: 14 Dec 90 19:49:28 GMT
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Hello all,

I have a thorny problem with a pretty high priority, and I'm looking for 
answers.

I have 386 PC's running TRW's (ported from FTP Software) PC/TCP suite,
along with a big PC-to-mainframe front end from Comshare, called "Commander."

The Commander software understands the following API/comm interfaces:
 - COM[1..4] for the PC serial ports.
 - IRMA boards from DCA
 - the Forte PJ comm. adapter
 - the IBM 3278/79 Emulation Adapter, or the 3270 connection card
 - the ITT Application Programming Interface

 Of all the items above, I have a nagging suspicion that the ITT API may be
similar to what I want, if not identical, but I've never seen anything on it.
(I infer this from very scant data - The argument list looks similar to 
certain interrupts that I know are grabbed by things like PC/TCP, i.e. "60")

Unfortunately, Comshare doesn't document things like this very explicitly, and
I haven't been able to find anyone who could tell me what I want to know.

Has anyone written a "COM1 to INT14 Redirector"????? Is it at the BIOS level
or does it try to grab H/W accesses to the serial port? Am I spinning my 
wheels?

Thanks in advance!

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