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From: jimd@frog.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: AppleLine box
Message-ID: <1476@frog.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 12-Jun-87 17:05:00 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 12 17:05:00 1987
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Keywords: AppleLine box IBM 3274 controllers asynchronous modems
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In article <430@pttesac.UUCP> vanam@pttesac.UUCP (Marnix van Ammers) writes:
>
>I need info about the AppleLine box.  It purports to be a protocol
>converter placed between an IBM 3274 controller and an asynchronous
>modem.  I can't find a dealer who carries this product or can tell me
>if it solves my problem.  
>

The AppleLine box is an Apple-labeled version of IrmaLine for the IBM-PC.
If you connect it to your IBM 3274 controller, and then to an asych
modem, you should be able to call in from your Mac at home.  AppleLine
basically serves 2 functions: 1) convert asynch ASCII to synch EBCEDIC 
(and back), and 2) convert VT100 emulation to 3278 (and back). This is
an oversimplification, but you get the idea: it lets a Mac running
MacTerminal look like a 3278 terminal.

The biggest gotcha with the whole arrangement is that most dealers know
zilch about the product, and Apple's marketing and support of it have
been half-hearted at best.  I am not even sure if it is still officially
available, since my contact with the product dates back about 2 years.