jbjones@marlin.NOSC.MIL (John B. Jones) (10/12/89)
My question is, what's involved in connecting an IBM System 36 to a PC? Can this be done with a simple emmulator, or is there a staggering sum to be paid to a smiling IBM representative? I was thinking this was an emmulator job, but I talked to someone who used phrases like "we're doomed" and "it's gonna cost big money" and "we'll never make it". I'm interested to know the composite knowledge on this, and I also think it would be healthy net food, since solutions would be similar with nearly any mainframe/micro dilemma. john jbjones@marlin.nosc.mil
sharon@asylum.SF.CA.US (Sharon Fisher) (10/13/89)
In article <1241@marlin.NOSC.MIL> jbjones@marlin.nosc.mil.UUCP (John B. Jones) writes: >My question is, what's involved in connecting an IBM System 36 to a PC? >Can this be done with a simple emmulator, or is there a staggering sum >to be paid to a smiling IBM representative? >I was thinking this was an emmulator job, but I talked to someone who >used phrases like "we're doomed" and "it's gonna cost big money" and >"we'll never make it". Ain't that big a deal. You just have to emulate a 5250 terminal rather than a 3270 one (although it may be possible that the 36 supports 3270 terminals as well, but I don't think so). The one vendor who comes to mind who makes 5250 stuff is Ideassociates in Billerica, MA (617) 663-6678; your smiling IBM rep may have products like that as well.