dtr@dsi480.UUCP (DTR) (04/25/87)
I have recently been asked to look into the possibility of moving some data from an IBM 8150 to a Stratus machine. Unfortunately I have almost no background in IBM systems, transaction based systems, or 3270 protocols. I guess that's what made me the logical choice when it came time to assign tasks ;-) ! Does anyone out there have some recommendations as far as a good place to look for information regarding the 8150 and/or 3270 ? Time is a little critical, so a good overview or reference work would be better than an introduction, but any and all recommendations would be a big help. Also, as long as I'm picking your (vastly superior ;-)) brains, has anyone out there had any experience with the 3270 emulation card for the PC marketed by INS ? Thanks in advance --jms ================================================ Jack Stephens, ...!man!dsi480!dtr Resident Visitor ( a great, if obfuscatory, term) Digital Source, Inc., SD, CA voice: 1+619-453-0809 ================================================
authorplaceholder@gorgo.UUCP.UUCP (05/09/87)
From mike@gorgo I work for the Oklahoma Dept of Transportation, where we have [among other critters] altogether too many 8100's and about 600 3270-class devices. There is an IBM manual which gives detailed info on how 3270's behave and are to be used; as I'm at home and it's at work, I can't give you a title or order number. Call your local IBM branch office and get the marketing folk to run through the KWIC index of IBM manuals with you. If you have any 3270's at your shop, you may be able to get a freebie copy as something to which the site is entitled; else, you will most likely have to fork over a buck or two. The 8100 machines come in three flavors [81x0, x=3,4,5] and run either DPPC or DPCX. Both are ugly, but I can't say much more about porting stuff without knowing which you have. We have DPCX, but some folks up the street have DPPX and I can draw on their expertise. I much prefer more rational machines - even IBM mainframes.