wwm@pmsmam.uucp (Bill Meahan) (03/03/90)
Our site currently has a group of "technical" computers (HP minis, 9000/300
and 9000/800 series, HP-UX) where information for our CIM and Manufacturing
Engineering activities reside.
But, on each engineer/manager desk is an IBM PS/2 (the corporate "Office
Automation Solution"). All the PS/2's connect to PC-Net for remote printing,
connection (through a 3720 gateway) to the corporate mainframes, and access to
a file server (IBM).
We would like to find a gateway that would allow the engineer to use his/her
desktop PC as a terminal into the UNIX systems for access to the information
there. Currently, many of the PS/2's are ALSO connected to an Allen-Bradley
VistaLAN/1 (through their serial port) so that they CAN access the UNIX systems.
This is a kludge!
Does anyone know of a product (hardware and software) that would allow
"terminal" traffic on the PC-Net to be gatewayed into telnet sessions on an
Ethernet? Better yet, an X-server so that the engineer could use the PS/2
as an X-terminal into the UNIX systems using ONLY the PC-Net connection
on the back?
All replies, followups, etc. gratefully accepted (but no flames about the
PC-Net please, the corporate bigwigs INSIST on using it).
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