[comp.dcom.lans] IBM Mainframe SNA to TCP/IP Hosts; X-windows, etc

karl@naitc.naitc.com (Karl Denninger) (11/30/90)

Hello net.oracle.

We're in desparate need of the following:

o)	An X-based solution to 3270 emulation and file transfer, which can
	run over something similar to (or actually a) Mitek gateway

		or

o)	Unix and PC (under B&W NFS, or NETBIOS) solutions to the above.

So far we have been spectacularly unsuccessful in doing this.  We NEED to
get from our environments here (BWNFS and Workstation) based to the
mainframe environment!

Any help or pointers appreciated.  Pay-for software and harware are fine,
ads are fine, free stuff is fine, anything we can get our hands on that
WORKS.

The tn3270 application does not work AT ALL, since our host system insists
on sending "write structured field" calls, and we can't reply to them (the
defines are there in the code source, but there's no code to back them up).
We've been unsuccessful in locating a more recent version of the code.
CUTCP (ie: Clarkson's CUTE Telnet 3270) doesn't work either, for the same
reason.

We're about to run out of options here; any help is GREATLY appreciated.  We
can do X11 on all the platforms, but we need a way to do the mainframe
connectivity.

Thanks in advance.  Ads and all advice welcome.

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