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From: bill@dayton.UUCP (William T. Argyros)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: X windows for the IBM mainframe
Summary: X Window System and TCP/IP for IBM mainframe running MVS
Keywords: IBM MVS
Message-ID: <6518@dayton.UUCP>
Date: 26 Apr 89 14:44:58 GMT
References: <8904242106.AA04703@hac2arpa.hac.com>
Reply-To: bill@dayton.UUCP (William T. Argyros)
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In article <8904242106.AA04703@hac2arpa.hac.com> balamut@HAC2ARPA.HAC.COM (Morris Balamut) writes:
>Hi,
>
>Is there a version of X windows that will run on and IBM
>mainframe (VM/CMS or MVS). If not currently, does anyone
>know if it is being worked on and by who.
>
>Thanks you.
>
>Morris Balamut
>Hughes Aircraft
>(213) 513-5829

I have in front of me a printout titled:
        5685-061 - IBM TCP/IP FOR MVS RELEASE 1

DocID:  R007274
Product Number:  5685-061

I am trying to convince my boss that this is something we should get.

If I may quote a short segment from the document...

	"... This connectivity includes the ability to transer files,
send mail, and log on to a remote host in a network of heterogeneous
systems.  Also included is support the the network file system (NFS)
server function, remote procedure call, and X-Windows Client Fucntion."

It goes on to say that it will work with channel attached Ethernet or
Token-Ring LAN controllers.  This is the IBM 8232 Lan Channel Station.
It supports:
                     IBM Token Ring Network
                     Broadband IBM PC Network
                     Ethernet Lan
                     IBM 3270/3725/3745


The X Window Client support consists of IBM C/370 library functions
that can be linked with user programs written with IBM C/370.  It also
notes that the IBM C/370 Library AND the IBM C/370 Pascal Library are
required to run IBM C/370 programs on your MVS system.

So, with this IBM product, you should be able to write and run an
X Window client on your MVS host, and have it open it's windows on
your favorite X server.

The NFS feature (which is seperately priced) provides support for
NFS 3.2.

I hope this helps.  If you are interested you should, of course,
contact your IBM Sales Force Team.

                                                       -bill

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