Re: PC XMODEM Async comm to AS/400

There is also a product called ZMOD/400 that does it.  It is from a company
called Trailblazer Software in Atlanta.  Sorry, I don't have a number.
Carl


At 09:31 AM 5/14/97 -0600, Carol Collins wrote:
> Neil,
>
>     
>>Present application (distributed at over 200 locations) has a PC DOS 
>>based application that dials up to a Unix box and using Async XMODEM 
>>comm uploads flat files.  An AS/400 then runs a regular job that does 
>>SLIP TCP dial to the Unix box and FTP's any new data back to the 400 
>>for processing.  The PC application can't really be changed (so having 
>>them do a SLIP TCP dialup to the 400 and FTP the file directly is out) 
>>due to the problems of getting it distributed to all required sites 
>>(half of which have 386 or older PC's) - but what we would like to do 
>>is eliminate the Unix box and have the PC's call the 400 directly and 
>>upload the data.
>>It would have to handle the communications from the PC without changing 
>>the PC application.
>     
>     
> I have been meaning to look into a product, called Connex/400, which 
> supports a variety of transfer protocols, including XMODEM.  Look at the 
> website: www.acs-online.com/connex400.htm.
> 
>   -- Carol
> 
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