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From: clewis@mnetor.UUCP (Chris Lewis)
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Subject: Re: IBM 3270 Emulation under Un*x
Message-ID: <1023@mnetor.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 17-Jun-85 10:08:50 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun 17 10:08:50 1985
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In article <545@rlvd.UUCP> drg@rlvc.UUCP (Duncan Gibson) writes:
>
>We have a lot of different machines on site, VAXen, PR1MEs, GEC, IBM...
>There is an office automation suite on the IBM mainframe called PROFS.
>It uses IBM 3270 terminals in full screen mode over direct coax lines

I assume that you mean 3278-2,3,4 and 3279 (colour) terminal operation.
(3278-2 is 24*80, -3 is 36*80, -4 is 48*80, 3279 is 24*80)

> ...
>
>Does anyone out there have, or have pointers to, 3270 emulation
>software for Un*x, which could map the control sequences necessary to use
>*ANY* vdu that offered enough funtionality. The idea is that people should

There are three alternative categories.  I prefer (2), because it works 
with any terminal:

	1) 3270/SNA emulation on the user's terminal PC, these are some 
	   possibilities:  (I think that they are all oriented towards
	   Coax connects (direct or remote cluster) on IBM PC's).
		1) IRMA (tm) cards from Digital Communications Assoc.
		   Coax solution, Runs on PC's.
		   303 Technology Park, Norcross, Georgia 30092
		   (404)-448-1400
		2) Protocol Computers Inc (separate box)
		   Any PC compatible
		   6150 Canoga Ave, suite 100
		   Woodland Hills CA
		   (800) 423-5904
		3) Codex
		   20 Cabot Boulevard
		   Mansfield, MA 02048
		   (617)-364-2000
		4) ACCESS/SNA3270 from Communications Solutions Inc.
		   (part of Visicorp)
		   992 S. Saratoga-Sunnyvale Rd. San Jose,
		   California 95129 (408)-725-1568
		5) Connectware (tm) from CXI (not related to our company
		   in any way)
		   3606 West Bayshore Road,
		   Palo Alto, CA 94303-4229
		   (415)-424-0700
		6) PC-3270 from IBM - special version of the IBM-PC that
		   provides 3278/9 emulation.  I've seen a couple - but 
		   they're probably quite expensive, nor do I know for 
		   sure what restrictions it imposes upon PCDOS use 
		   of the PC)

	   I have only seen IRMA cards in operation.  They seem to work
	   just fine.  I don't know for sure whether any of these companies
	   have software for UNIX.

	2) There is at least two systems that are run on the IBM mainframe
	   that make ordinary dumb terminals look like 3278's (ideal
	   for dialup use without having to have remote clusters).  I can
	   only remember one of them:

	      SIM3270 from SIMWARE,

	      Simware Inc,
	      969 Bronson Ave.,
	      Ottawa, Ontario 
	      Canada K1S 4G8
	      (613)-235-4130

	   This apparently has become quite a popular product.  I have
	   used it quite a bit and it works quite well.  It runs on
	   VM/CMS as a DVM and provides 3278 emulation for almost ANY
	   kind of ASCII serial terminal.  You can access anything via
	   this software, including (yech!) PROFS.  They probably also have 
	   some PC products to do the same thing.   The SIM3270 approach
	   is probably a LOT cheaper than having to put hardware in all
	   of the PC's, and it has the advantage of working with any
	   terminal.  It even runs over DATAPAC/Tymnet half-duplex packetized
	   networks.  I don't know whether this has been upgraded to 3279
	   (colour) emulation.

	3) IBM Passthru works with IBM 3101 ASCII terminals.  I don't
	   think that it supports any other terminals nor am I sure
	   about remote access.
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Chris Lewis,
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