dunigan@ORNL-MSR.ARPA (Tom Dunigan 576-2522) (01/20/88)
Our IBM types are planning on installing and evaluating an IBM 9370,
including an Ethernet tcp/ip connection. We would be interested
in the experiences of others with the 9370 tcp/ip. (Is the
software just the wiscnet stuff?)
thanks
Tom Dunigan
dunigan@ornl-msr.arpamdm@trwrb.UUCP (Michael D. Marcinkevicz) (01/21/88)
We'll be installing ACCES/MVS on our 3090-400 and 3084QX to allow
us a TCP/IP interface for our IBM hosts and the rest of the net (LAN).
I'll post our evaluation when complete.
Michael Marcinkevicz (213) 812-2154
TRW Space and Defense Sector, Communications services
trwrb!mdm@trwind.TRW.COM (ARPA)
...{decvax,ihnp4,ucbvax}!trwrb!mdm (UUCP)
NJG@CORNELLA.BITNET (Nick Gimbrone) (01/21/88)
>Our IBM types are planning on installing and evaluating an IBM 9370, >including an Ethernet tcp/ip connection. We would be interested >in the experiences of others with the 9370 tcp/ip. (Is the >software just the wiscnet stuff?) The IBM TCP/IP for VM product (5798-FAL, or just FAL for short :-) has its roots in the Wiscnet package. BUT (a big but) the code has been extensively worked on by IBM Yorktown. The current FAL product is faster, more stable, and in all around better than Wiscnet ever was. I would not make any negative assumptions based upon earlier experiences with the Wiscnet code. On the hardware side (the 9370 and its ethernet controler) I'm afraid I cann't offer any words of wisdom. For discussions of FAL software (and related hardware issues) you might want to join the IBMTCP-L list hosted at CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (or CUNYVM.BITNET). (I believe you subscribe by sending a one line mail file containing 'SUB IBMTCP-L <your name>' to LISTSERV@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU, but I may be wrong.)