steve@vlink01.UUCP (1770 MCI) (11/27/89)
I would like to know if anyone can help me. I presently have Xenix running on a 386 with a Dos part. In order to run (use) the IBM 3270 Board in my pc now, I have to boot up Dos and run an IBM 3270 Emulation Package. It allows connection to the IBM world, downloads $IND File Transfers etc. I am looking for software, or drivers that will address the board and let me do the same type of work I am presently doing. Please. Can anyone help me with this? Please send email to: osu-cis!vlink01!steve Thanks. Steve
alex@xicom.uucp (Alex Laney) (12/08/89)
In article <123@vlink01.UUCP> steve@vlink01.UUCP (1770 MCI) writes: >I would like to know if anyone can help me. I presently have Xenix >running on a 386 with a Dos part. In order to run (use) the IBM 3270 >Board in my pc now, I have to boot up Dos and run an IBM 3270 Emulation >Package. It allows connection to the IBM world, downloads $IND File >Transfers etc. > >I am looking for software, or drivers that will address the board and let >me do the same type of work I am presently doing. > >Please. Can anyone help me with this? Please send email to: >osu-cis!vlink01!steve > >Thanks. > >Steve Because the 3270 card you have is single-user, no company has made a product for it for multi-user systems. IT is not very marketable. So it is unfortunately unusable under Unix/Xenix except under a Dos emulator. Lots of companies, (mine included) make cards for 3270 under Unix and Xenix, as well as Dos. These are multi-user implementations that replace the 3174 or 3274 you connect to. Ours has IND$FILE File Transfer and HLLAPI. Now, our cards can't be used for both Dos and Unix at the same time. And I don't expect other companies to have this either. You could keep your 3270 card, and use it under Dos, while you had another card for Unix/Xenix. So it would probably be best to look for a happy PC home for your card. -- Alex Laney, Xicom Group, National Semiconductor, Ottawa, Canada (613) 728-9099 uunet!mitel!sce!xicom!alex (alex@xicom.uucp) Fax: (613) 728-1134 "You save time, increase the amount of work done and it is easy."