IBM 3270 Coax Connected Card - Drivers/Software For...
Alex Laney
alex at xicom.uucp
Fri Dec 8 09:51:59 AEST 1989
In article <123 at vlink01.UUCP> steve at vlink01.UUCP (1770 MCI) writes:
>I would like to know if anyone can help me. I presently have Xenix
>running on a 386 with a Dos part. In order to run (use) the IBM 3270
>Board in my pc now, I have to boot up Dos and run an IBM 3270 Emulation
>Package. It allows connection to the IBM world, downloads $IND File
>Transfers etc.
>
>I am looking for software, or drivers that will address the board and let
>me do the same type of work I am presently doing.
>
>Please. Can anyone help me with this? Please send email to:
>osu-cis!vlink01!steve
>
>Thanks.
>
>Steve
Because the 3270 card you have is single-user, no company has made a product
for it for multi-user systems. IT is not very marketable. So it is
unfortunately unusable under Unix/Xenix except under a Dos emulator.
Lots of companies, (mine included) make cards for 3270 under Unix and Xenix,
as well as Dos. These are multi-user implementations that replace the 3174 or
3274 you connect to. Ours has IND$FILE File Transfer and HLLAPI.
Now, our cards can't be used for both Dos and Unix at the same time. And I
don't expect other companies to have this either. You could keep your
3270 card, and use it under Dos, while you had another card for
Unix/Xenix. So it would probably be best to look for a happy PC home for
your card.
--
Alex Laney, Xicom Group, National Semiconductor, Ottawa, Canada (613) 728-9099
uunet!mitel!sce!xicom!alex (alex at xicom.uucp) Fax: (613) 728-1134
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