domo@riddle.UUCP (Dominic Dunlop) (03/16/88)
I've been searching -- so far without success -- for an IBM 327x terminal emulator for Xenix that supports a co-ax connection. Everything I've seen so far -- Cleo, Rabbit, UniPath and others -- supports a modem-style connection only on Xenix, even where the same company's PC-DOS offerings include harware support for co-ax. In my current application I need co-ax for speed: I've megabytes of data to transfer on a regular basis. Emulation of a single terminal would be adequate: I don't need a cluster- controller emulation, although I'd use one if it could do the job. I'm targetting 80286-based PC-AT clones. If my arm were severely twisted, I might be happy with a solution which applied only to 80386-based AT-bus systems. Can you help? I'd also be interested in comments about file transfer facilities included in any package you know about. Also, if a suitable package is not available, does anybody have experience of solving this problem in a circuitous manner -- for example, by connecting the PC to an Ethernet which is in turn connected to a high-speed SNA gateway? How difficult is this? How much is it likely to cost? Please post replies, as it's my feeling that quite a few netlanders will be interested in the information. However, if you feel reticent, mail me, and I'll post a summary of anything interesting. -- Dominic Dunlop domo@sphinx.co.uk domo@riddle.uucp
robert@rabbit1.UUCP (Robert Oliver) (03/31/88)
In article <577@riddle.UUCP>, domo@riddle.UUCP (Dominic Dunlop) writes: > I've been searching -- so far without success -- for an IBM 327x terminal > emulator for Xenix that supports a co-ax connection. Everything I've seen > so far -- Cleo, Rabbit, UniPath and others -- supports a modem-style [SNA or BSC --RLO] > connection only on Xenix, even where the same company's PC-DOS offerings > include harware support for co-ax. In my current application I need co-ax > for speed: As for having DOS Coax-attach products but not Xenix counterparts, we're guilty as charged, though one could question the usefulness of a 1-session CUT coax or even a 5 session DFT coax product for a multi-user system. But coax doesn't appear to be the real issue; you seem to require speed, not coax. In fact, coax doesn't give you any speed: you have to connect it to a 3x74 controller, which in turn is usually connected to the host via SNA or BSC. Don't know exactly how a channel-attached controller would help your file transfer. Anyway, I'll be in touch, since we offer both 3270 IND$FILE file transfer and RJE based file transfer (RJE is more suited to bulk file transfer), and can run at 9600 baud with no problem. > > Please post replies, as it's my feeling that quite a few netlanders will be > interested in the information. Done. > -- > Dominic Dunlop > domo@sphinx.co.uk domo@riddle.uucp -- Robert Oliver Rabbit Software Corp. (215) 647-0440 7 Great Valley Parkway East ...!ihnp4!{cbmvax,cuuxb}!hutch!robert Malvern, PA 19355 ...!psuvax!burdvax!hutch!robert