Looking for RJE software/hardware

[Marc T. Kaufman]

In article <90601 at pyramid.pyramid.com> csg at pyramid.pyramid.com (Carl S. Gutekunst) writes:
->We have a Pyramid 9825, running OSx 4.4c, and are looking for IBM
->connectivity hardware/software that are off the shelf or can be easily
->ported to the Pyramid (we would pay reasonable porting fees) :

>As I explained to Al Canton earlier, Pyramid has it's own off-the-shelf 3270
>package; but he apparently felt our list price of $11,500 was way too high.
>(That includes the synchronous interface card.) Perhaps other folks can tell
>me what they expect to pay for a 3270 IBM frontend processor for UNIX systems?

You can get outboard protocol converters from companies like Comtex, for about
$3000, which emulate low speed (up to 9600) remote 3274s.  If you don't need
to do highly interactive stuff, you can probably make one of these work for you.

Marc Kaufman (kaufman at Neon.stanford.edu)

I think Pyramid's price of $11,500 is way too high, too.