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From: birwin@ficc.ferranti.com (R. L. Bob Irwin)
Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.protocols.ibm,comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: IBM 3270 Emulation Recommendation?
Keywords: 3270 X TCP/IP SNA SDLC
Message-ID: <GKBBL_C@ny1.ferranti.com>
Date: 15 May 91 15:11:41 GMT
Organization: FICC. Sugar Land, Texas
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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

I'd be glad to prepare a summary of responses or a submission to
the FAQ.

Thank You,
   Bob Irwin                  birwin@ficc.ferranti.com

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Bob Irwin   <birwin@ficc.ferranti.com>  Sugar Land, TX.  (713) 274-5456
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