RE: communications

-----Original Message-----
From:   Gary Feinstein [SMTP:GFeinste@PlanetHollywood.com]
Sent:   Thursday, April 24, 1997 3:42 PM
To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject:        Re: communications

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Gary,

In answer to your question:
To attatch to your AS/400 with Async modems, you need an ASCII WSC. The WSC has 
the buffering and workstation support capabilities that are not available if 
you merely configure a comm line to do async communications. If you were to use 
SDLC dial solution you will need to install a remote WSC in each PC, not very 
cost effective as you will still need an sync-capable modem (although some have 
the modem integrated in the remote card). Another solution may be to use SLIP 
on a comm line. SLIP will allow a TCP/IP connection to the 400, but the 
performance is mediocre, and you must be running V3R2 or R7 (CICS or RISC) to 
perform this. CA/400 is used on the PC end and the SLIP support only ships on 
the CDROM for CA/400. I've set many of these up and my advise is to bite the 
bullet and use the ASCII WSC. You also will require a null modem cable, they 
can be purchased through IBM direct for about $100 each. For $10 I make a 
jumper box and use a standard serial cable to the modem at the host end. If you 
need the pin-outs and config settings please contact me directly @ 
jmagee@tri-delta.com.
HTH
 

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