louie@rruxi.bae.bellcore.com (Paul Louie) (08/16/90)
mercer@npdiss1.StPaul.NCR.COMDan Mercer) asked:
> What is SIMPC - what does it run on?
SIMPC is a product of SIMWARE, Inc. It runs on MS-DOS PC and is used for
terminal emulations (ie.- VT100, 3270). The usual configuration is for the
PC to hook up to a X.25 PAD or have the VAN (Value Added Network) to provide
the X.25 framing. The destination host (Always a Mainframe) must then
provide ways to de-packetize the data and formats it to look like a native
terminal. In IBM mainframe environment, this is done at the communication
front end (37x5) with a S/W package called NPSI. Other vendors that uses
VT100 have their own methods.