Posted on 10/18/2006 2:55:17 PM PDT by Lexinom
Yes I know - not really an appropriate topic for FR, but at least it's in "General/Chat"
Internet information on this type of thing is sparse at best.
What I need is information on old equipment that has the TN3270 WITH the "Enhanced" (RFC2355) support.
Old software suitable for an AS/400 would be even better.
At least, if someone could point me in the right direction - somewhere that isn't Microsoft or Webby-oriented - it would be greatly appreciated...
WOW I gave that up in the 1990's and did a data dump. sorry
Back when those puppies were around I was working with NCR 8595s and AP3 systems.
Let me guess, you will need the software to be on a 5.25 floppy disk. I wish I could help you out.
But some people still use these things, my job is to build software that talks to them, and I know there are a lot of smart people on FR.
That's going to be important information if you are going to be trying to write software to it.
What language are you writting in?
I'll take a look around and see what I can find on the TN, if it has similarities to the AP3 system and you are writting the code in COBOL I may be able to help out a little.
Not sure if they have a drive. There is an old AS/400. Had assumed the software would be FTP'ed onto the host, but maybe that isn't possible.
See PM. And thanks.
Post a message to www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum (my vintage computer collector site) or mail something to the Classic Computers Mailing List (cctalk - www.classiccmp.org) for possible help.
There should be some folks with interest.
Good luck!
Thanks Filo (first-in-last-out?)
I got good info from CougarGA7, who was very helpful. Looks like my client will need to purchase some Windows-based software to do this properly.
Will check out your URL - looks interesting.
For companies who need to connect remotely to an IBM computer running 3270 applications, and need to control what features each user can employ, our 3270 emulator solutions are the answer. ...
I find their software infuriating but it should do what you need.
Their product data sheet indicates it supports RFC2355 protocol.
Here's the website:
HostExplorer® Family
Are you talking about Interfacing different systems to share data. Would you be talking about something like this.
At a Hospital that I worked at, we had a contractor write an application on Linux and I believe he used Perl to create it. It allowed all our different systems(VMS, Solaris/AIX Unix and Windows NT) to communicate by converting file types so each system's application could read the data. The transfer was real time. If that sounds right let me know and I will try to get a hold of the guy that created it.
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