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From: matt@bacchus.esa.oz (Matt Atterbury)
Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.protocols.ibm,comp.protocols.tcp-ip,comp.windows.x
Subject: IBM 3270 <-> x3270 connectivity.
Message-ID: <MATT.91May23181914@henry.bacchus.esa.oz>
Date: 23 May 91 08:19:13 GMT
Article-I.D.: henry.MATT.91May23181914
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Organization: Expert Solutions Australia.
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	*** AVOID FOLLOW UPS TO ALL NEWSGROUPS - Mail me and I'll summarise ***

	I'm after a similar thing to Bob Irwin. Also, please note that I
	know _very_ little about IBM/SNA except for a few "magic" words
	(e.g. 3270, 3274, etc :-).

	On a [non SUN] workstation I would like to run x3270. It seems to
	talk 8-bit asynchronous EBCDIC (correct me if I'm wrong) and
	emulates a 3270 terminal. If I could just get my workstation
	connected to a 3274 (or equivalent), would I have my mainframe
	connection? As far as I can see, all I need is a _cheap_ black box
	to do the 9-bit (1 parity) EBCDIC synchronous SDLC <-> 8-bit
	asynchronous EBCDIC conversion. If my workstation could talk SDLC
	through its serial port, I wouldn't even need that?


|IBM |___|37x5|___|3274|___|black|___| w/s |
|HOST|   |Comm|   |Clus|   | box |   |  +  |
|    |   |Cntr|   |Cntr|   |     |   |x3270|

	thanks in advance ...
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