Xref: utzoo comp.misc:12580 comp.protocols.tcp-ip:16127 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!olivea!uunet!dev8h.mdcbbs.com!campbell From: campbell@dev8h.mdcbbs.com (Tim Campbell) Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: IBM 3270 Emulation Recommendation? Message-ID: <1991May16.104007.1@dev8h.mdcbbs.com> Date: 16 May 91 10:40:07 GMT References: Organization: McDonnell Douglas M&E, Cypress CA Lines: 31 Nntp-Posting-Host: dev8h Nntp-Posting-User: campbell In article , birwin@ficc.ferranti.com (R. L. Bob Irwin) writes: > > I'm looking for product information (hardware and software) and > user recommendations for the following terminal/printer emulation > problem: > > Need to provide IBM 3270 terminal emulation on up to 30 Xwindow > workstations networked via TCP/IP Ethernet to a fileserver. Need > to appear to the remote IBM Comm Controller as a 3274 Cluster > Controller. Support up to 32 LUs, mainly 3270 terminals, and a > couple of 3270 printers. Workstation hardware selection not > complete, but may be Sun3s and SparcIIs. Prefer to have the > dedicated SNA/SDLC line attached to the File Server with an > intelligent comm board providing the cluster controller > emulation, but will consider other configurations. > > |IBM |___|37x5|___|Sync |____ |Sync |___|File | > |HOST| |Comm| |Modem| /__|Modem| |Server|-----Enet---- > |Cntr| SNA 3274 | . . | > Emula. WS1 WS30 Use Sun's SNA/3270 software. It does exactly what you want (also handles file xfer w/IBM boxes using IBM's IND$FILE software). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- In real life: Tim Campbell - Electronic Data Systems Corp. Usenet: campbell@dev8.mdcbbs.com @ McDonnell Douglas M&E - Cypress, CA also: tcampbel@einstein.eds.com @ EDS - Troy, MI CompuServe: 71631,654 (alias 71631.654@compuserve.com) P.S. If anyone asks, just remember, you never saw any of this -- in fact, I wasn't even here.