[ale] 3270 On Linux

[Christopher Fowler]

On Fri, 2004-06-04 at 10:57, Greg Freemyer wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-06-04 at 09:39, Christopher Fowler wrote:
> > I have a customer who has many AS/400 machines.  I need to access their
> > consoles remotely via Twinax.  If there a way I can do this.  I intend
> > to place a linux machine on site to connect to the Twina.  I will then
> > ssh into the Linux machine and communicate with the AS/400 with what?
> > 
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> I've done some 3270 interfacing in the past.  I even spent $25K on one
> with a Java API so we could automate some data entry tasks.
> 
> All my experience was with windows based products, but I was amazed at
> the poor quality of some of the emulators.  
> 
> Definately do not assume that a company that makes a good vt220 emulator
> will have a good 3270 emulation.
> 
> I found both functionality and serious speed issues, so if you find
> something that looks good on paper, be sure to test it first-hand before
> you commit to it.
> 
> If I were you I would see if IBM sells a emulator that runs in Linux. 
> Their windows emulator is pretty good.  (I just wish it had an API.)
> 

tn3270 supports 3270 but runs over IP.  I could rape the code and make
it run over serial but I would need some way to convert twinax to
serial.  I'm not against developing my own solution.  I'm looking for
hardware devices that may help me when developing code.

> HTH
> Greg