Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!b-tech!ais.org!jfk From: jfk@ais.org (Jim Knight) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp Subject: Re: All you HP experts, please HELP me................ Message-ID: Date: 19 Dec 90 05:52:41 GMT References: <52129@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> Sender: jfk@ais.org Organization: UMCC, Ann Arbor, MI Lines: 22 In article <52129@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> v087mxgb@ubvmsa.cc.buffalo.edu writes: > >My company uses an HP3000/960 for their MIS/data processing >dept. I in Engineering run a software package on a SUN >Sparcstation (no other choice, thats all it runs on)...... > An interesting combination. >Anyway, we have a database system by ASK that requires >"block mode" terminal emulation. > Unfortunately, block mode terminal emulators are not a dime a dozen, and I know of none in the public domain. Even then it would require porting to your sun. Block mode programs make extensive use of Hp specific terminal functions, your only choice may be to add either a terminal or a PC to your desk. -- ================================================================= Come Visit M-net. Michigan's Public Access Unix and Conferencing (313) 994-5023 jfk@m-net.ann-arbor.mi.us jfk@ais.org