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Subject: Re: 8150, 3270, INS info wanted..
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Date: Fri, 8-May-87 23:23:00 EDT
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From mike@gorgo

I work for the Oklahoma Dept of Transportation, where we have [among
other critters] altogether too many 8100's and about 600 3270-class
devices.

There is an IBM manual which gives detailed info on how 3270's behave
and are to be used; as I'm at home and it's at work, I can't give
you a title or order number. Call your local IBM branch office and
get the marketing folk to run through the KWIC index of IBM manuals
with you. If you have any 3270's at your shop, you may be able
to get a freebie copy as something to which the site is entitled; else,
you will most likely have to fork over a buck or two. 

The 8100 machines come in three flavors [81x0, x=3,4,5] and run either
DPPC or DPCX. Both are ugly, but I can't say much more about porting    
stuff without knowing which you have. We have DPCX, but some folks up
the street have DPPX and I can draw on their expertise.

I much prefer more rational machines - even IBM mainframes.