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From: sjl@amdahl.UUCP (Steve Langdon)
Newsgroups: net.wanted
Subject: Re: IBM 3270 Emulation under Un*x
Message-ID: <1705@amdahl.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 22-Jun-85 01:14:41 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jun 22 01:14:41 1985
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> Another possiblity for 3270 emulation 
> is to use a device that makes the
> IBM talk on a reasonable LAN. Since UNIX likes
> TCP/IP ethernets, there is a company called Spartacus 
> that markets a product that attaches to an IBM block
> multiplexer channel.
> 
> The product is called KNET, and I have personnaly used 
> it from IBM PC's, a MASSCOMP and a Sun. There is very
> little software that executes on the non-mainframe end, 
> it would use TELNET or other standard TCP/IP utility.
> The K200 box does the protocol conversion.

This reply is a little misleading as the K200 is a fairly pure Ethernet (tm)
to channel interface.  The 3270 related smarts are in the KNET software.
-- 
Stephen J. Langdon                  ...!{ihnp4,hplabs,sun,nsc}!amdahl!sjl

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