shan@mcf.UUCP (Sharan Kalwani) (05/17/88)
Hello Friends!
I have been given the task of creating an RJE linkup between a Contel
Transaction Processing System we have here with an IBM-pc. Unfortunately,
I do not know much about the subject and desire your help out there.
Essentially we need to know how we can do cabling from the pc to the
system (which understands almost all IBM protocols I'm told), what
hardware product we would need to install on the pc side of things,
what software we must insure exists (on both ends). Any suggested vendors,
or experiences of your own that you can share - we will be very happy
to hear from you.
The application is to transfer sets of files/an entire file (anywhere
from 1/2 Meg to 6 Megabytes in size) over to the PC or another system
that is already linked up to the PC.
Many thanks in advance!
Sharan Kalwani
ps: If you can send replies to me, please do so _ I normally don't read
this groups _ If you can't can't that's alright _ I just enabled these
group to make sure I won't miss anything.
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dec enet: decwrl::"umix.cc.umich.edu!mcf!shan" fax: (313) 831-8714jxh@cup.portal.com (05/19/88)
For Bisync/RJE on an IBM-PC try AST-BSC, from: AST Research, Inc. Irvine, CA (714) 863-1333 It consists of their CC-432 board (RS-232, single port, multi-protocol serial chip [Z80B-SIO]) bundled with their Bisync emulation software. I think it's around $600.00. AST has distributors all over; and many dealers that stock their more normal products, such as the Six-Pak Plus, can order this one, even if they have never heard of it before. I don't have any experience with it personally, but we bought one a few years back for testing purposes, and one fellow at this outfit used it successfully. (We make data communications stuff, so we needed a Bisync box against which to test our product.) -Jim Hickstein, VSAT Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA jxh@cup.portal.com ...!sun!portal!cup.portal.com!jxh