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From: dave@dlb.uucp (Dave Buck)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.ibm
Subject: Re: Connectivity with Unix Systems
Message-ID: <1991May3.195405.6041@dlb.uucp>
Date: 3 May 91 19:54:05 GMT
References: <45@swatty.UUCP>
Reply-To: dave@dlb.UUCP (Dave Buck)
Organization: D.L.Buck & Associates, Inc.; San Jose, Calif.
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In article <45@swatty.UUCP> root@swatty.UUCP (Superuser) writes:
>A customer of mine has an IBM mainframe running VSE
>with no front end controller...
>Any easy way to connect this to a 486 Unix Box
>for file transfer / terminal sessions...
>There are currently using PC IRMA to link PC's in......

Sure.  They're presently using a 3270 terminal emulator suitable for
DOS.  Have them get a 486 box with UNIX that supports 3270 applications.

IMHO, they should try to buy their hardware, software, and emulator
all from the same supplier so as to get real support.
-- 
Dave Buck	{aeras,amdahl,ames,daver,netcom,sun,zygot}!dlb!dave
D. L. Buck and Associates, Inc.; San Jose, California 95119; (408)972-2825