feuer@cpl-mfh.UUCP (Steven Feuerstein) (11/16/89)
Help... I am searching for a product which allows me to connect my microcomputer running SCO Xenix to an IBM mainframe cluster controller via coax cable. This product should emulate a 3270 terminal, have an API option, and file upload/download funcitons. Thanks! Steve Feuerstein sunybcs!cpl-mfh!feuer 716-887-4571
bob@consult.UUCP (Bob Willey) (11/19/89)
In article <-538035638@cpl-mfh.UUCP> feuer@cpl-mfh.UUCP (Steven Feuerstein) writes: >I am searching for a product which allows me to connect my microcomputer >running SCO Xenix to an IBM mainframe cluster controller via coax cable. >This product should emulate a 3270 terminal, have an API option, and file >upload/download funcitons. We have tried several products and seem to get the best tech support from Cleo. They now have several products (because of a merger), and the newer boards will do what you request. They go into a comm controller and act like they are a cluster controller. This way you have access from all the terminals on the system. We are using the older Cleo product called SyncCable and except for lack of file transfer works great. Using about 5 terminals from Xenix to connect to the mainframe without a hitch. The only problem we ran into was the xl@##$*@ PS/2 com port only being able to work up to 9600 baud reliably. Limited the overal performance a bit. Hope this helps. -- .. Computer Consulting Service .. Bob Willey .. .. P.O. Drawer 1690 .. uunet!consult!bob .. .. Easton, Maryland 21601 .. (301) 820-4670 .. ...............................................................
milan@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Milan Strnad) (11/23/89)
I'll second the support for Cleo. I've been using their "Datatalker" board since July, wth HLLAPI, and found it a great success. No problems installing, and their support was always there whenever I had questions to ask. The only improvement they could do is in the file transfer -- currently very slow, running about 1200 Baud. They are willing to send the board for evaluation for a period of 1 month. The cost of the board and software is U.S. $2,500. Worth it, when compared to SCO's UniPath with (non)API product. Speaking of SCO's API software, I have found their "On the Road with SCO" catalogue very misleading when it came to explaining how the API can be used for programmatically talking to an IBM host. Perhaps in the olden days -- but today most IBMs have 3270 data streams spewing out of them, and SCO's API certainly does not handle that. In addition, it took SCO 2+ months just to send the software out -- and that's after they had repeatedly stated that it had been shipped. Sigh...management problems? milan@gpu