wine@lanai.cs.ucla.edu (David Wine) (11/30/90)
I'd like to use APL2 on an IBM 3090 from something other than an APL terminal. I have two courses to explore: One option is to use a UNIX based Xwindow terminal. One problem would be to find an appropriate font. A more significant problem is that the program to set up a telnet session on the IBM host, tn3270, doesn't support use of the APL character set. My other option is to dial into the IBM host using a PC as a terminal. Has anyone tackled this problem? --David Wine
jhatfiel@nmsu.edu (Joseph T. Hatfield) (11/30/90)
I use STSC's APL*PLUS for the PC as an APL terminal; it works quite nicely with EGA and VGA screens. But the $500 mail order price makes it a very expensive terminal emulator unless you're going to use it to do local APL programming as well. -- ============================================================= Joseph T. Hatfield New Mexico State University ------------------------------------------------------------- BITNET : G4210791 at NMSUVM1 INTERNET : jhatfiel@nmsu.edu USMail : Box 4217, Las Cruces, NM 88003-4217 ------------------------------------------------------------- Send me risque stories. =============================================================
ccoleman@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (Chuck Coleman) (12/01/90)
In article <wine.659916574@lanai> wine@lanai.cs.ucla.edu (David Wine) writes: >I'd like to use APL2 on an IBM 3090 from something other >than an APL terminal. I have two courses to explore: > >Has anyone tackled this problem? I once had to transfer data from an APL mainframe to an IBM-PC. I used Procomm with its translation table turned on, mapping the incoming characters to my local atomic vector. I also loaded a TSR to display APL characters correctly. I could see everything coming in correctly (except for overstruck characters, which displayed the last component character transmitted). Sending data was a different matter, I had to fly blind and trust my knowledge of the APL keyboard and rely on uppercase characters being translated by the mainframe to APL, etc. Perhaps you can find a more intelligent solution. Chuck Coleman "Sorry, no concluding witticism" School: Work: Center for Study of Public Choice NPA Data Services, Inc. George Mason University 1424 16th St. N.W. Suite 700 4400 University Drive Washington, DC 20036 Fairfax, VA 22030 (202) 265-7685 BITNET: ccoleman@GMUVAX Internet: ccoleman@gmuvax2.gmu.edu
liebtag@stlvm20.iinus1.ibm.com ("David Liebtag") (01/22/91)
Ref: 30 Nov 90 22:44:17 GMT by ccoleman@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (Chuck Coleman) Chuck, It sounds like you really have two questions: How do I use APL from a non-APL terminal? and, How do I upload and download APL code? I can comment on the first. The APL2 product is shipped with a public workspace called MEDIT. MEDIT contains a suite of functions which let you edit functions and operators using a non-APL terminal. I have never used it myself, but it looks workable. Basically, you use a utility to get an image of the function you want to edit and then use other utilities to perform normal editing commands (like Change, Insert, etc.). Probably cumbersome, but in a pinch,,,, Regards, David Liebtag APL Products, IBM LIEBTAG@STLVM20.IINUS1.IBM.COM PS. This is my first attempt to add to a Usenet discussion. Sorry if it comes out looking funny. If it works (and if there's interest) I can send some more glamorous solutions.