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From: spolsky-avram@CS.YALE.EDU (Joel Spolsky)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Need IBM 3270 Emulation for the Mac...
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Date: 14 Sep 88 05:58:50 GMT
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In article <422.232D1D58@mailcom.UUCP> postmaster@mailcom.UUCP (Bernard Aboba) writes:
| 
| There is a program called TIN CAN available from YALE university that 
| will emulate a 3270 terminal.  It includes a proprietary transfer 
| protocol which is available for IBM Mainframes for a modest fee.  
| Note:  You can only connect via modem with TIN CAN.  It is not a 
| substitute for a MACIRMA card.  But it does work fairly well.
| 

Nope. TinCan emulates a VT-100 (poorly). There is an IBM System-1
here at Yale that provides the 3270 gateway.

BTW, you don't need a modem. TinCan will talk to the serial port. We
have gandalf boxes at Yale that it was designed to work with.

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