RE: PC connection via twinax ?

I must say that I too must join the band of CA/400 malcontents.  I have
tried and used several other products over the years.  My favourite was IBM
PC Comms, rock steady, simple to use and quite similar to CA, so a very
short learning curve.  My main complaints with CA are - the client is too
big and complex for simple 5250 eml, when that is primarilty all I need - I
use FTP for file-transfer, and the LicPgm for the AS/400 is way too
expensive for simple 5250 eml.  IBM should provide a FREE pc 5250 eml, with
no bells and whistles;  strip out ops nav, data transfer, ODBC and all the
trimmings - those that want or need it, ok, let them buy it, but I should
not have to rely on freeware to sign on to my AS/400s, or be forced to spend
megabucks on CA.

Jeff Bull

-----Original Message-----
From: Pat Barber [mailto:mboceanside@worldnet.att.net]
Sent: 16 August 2001 19:19
To: midrange-l@midrange.com
Subject: Re: PC connection via twinax ?




Douglas Handy wrote:

> This probably is referring to paying for installation of CAT5 cable or
whatever
> to replace the twinax, therreby allowing standard NICs to be used with
full
> network functionality for a "proper" job.

Which is why several of my customers remain on twinax......

> 
> Running new network cable in an existing building can be *very* expensive
--
> which is largely why the TCP over twinax option even exists.  I think most
> places with twinax cabling still just use emulation though, not TCP.

I have mixed shops that use both, while there is no clear winner, twinax
requires a lot less "fooling with" and cuts down on "guessing" why this 
pc will not come up on the network. I'm in the middle of a big mess with
CA Express and tcp/ip over twinax right now.... To say it's easier to
deal
with is a lonnnnng stretch. I have hated CA for years and nothing I have
seen lately improves that view.......

               (missing drivers on W/98 is the current fiasco)
               (found them this morning on SP2...oh joy !!!)
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