Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!ucsd!ucbvax!rchland.iinus1.ibm.com!paulc From: paulc@rchland.iinus1.ibm.com (Paul Chmielewski) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: UNIX to AS/400 , telnet , tn3270, 5250 ? Message-ID: Date: 19 Jan 91 00:10:23 GMT References: <9101161527.AA25671@ftp.com> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: "Paul Chmielewski" Organization: The Internet Lines: 16 > I have the tn3270 program, but from what I've heard, I need a different > protocol to talk to the IBM AS/400, which is said to be the 5250 protocol. You can use tn3270 to talk to the IBM AS/400. The AS/400 Telnet server will convert the 3270 data stream to 5250, which is the native data stream language on the AS/400. > IBM has apparently developed a 5250-over-Telnet scheme, which may or may not > resemble current 3270-over-Telnet practice. I am not aware of any movement > to publish this as a standard, but maybe I haven't asked in the right places. We do plan on publishing the 5250-over-Telnet scheme. It should be made available "very soon". Paul Chmielewski