Re: Emulation cards & Rumba vs Client/Server

>My employer desires a cost comparison between using emulation cards over 
>ethernet w/ baluns and having a true Pentium file server/gateway with TR 
>adapter connection to the network for access to a 9402-200 running V3R1.  I 

>office want to migrate all divisions to WIN95 and Office97.  So the 
>comparison I have to come up with needs to include a pnp compliant emulation 
>card vs whatever a minimally configured file server/gateway would cost.
>
>am I better off ($-wise) 
>attempting to purchase and configure a handfull of emul.cards keeping the 
>twinax - balun - ethernet connection and worry about the future cost of 
>connecting the other 15 users at a later date or taking the file server 
>plunge and being able to connect future users anytime I wish?  The obvious 

You can connect via ethernet and UTP to the AS400 directly via 802.2
protocols.  You do not need or require a server of any kind to do this.
Emulation would be the APPC variety so you can get display, printer, file
xfer, etc. through the APPC controller on the AS400.  Ethernet cards are
cheaper than twinax cards and provide 10MB vs 1MB in speed.  You can run
Windows, Win95, or WinNT.

You will spend about $2500. on the 2617 ethernet adapter for the AS400 and
then $200. per pc for the client software.

Regards,


Jerry


Jerry Draper, Trilobyte Software Systems, since 1976
Specializing in connecting PC's, Windows, MAC's, and LAN's to the AS/400
Representing Synapse, Apple, IBM, UDS, Andrew, MI, DCI, Netsoft, etc.
(415) 457-3431; (415) 258-1658fax; jdraper@wco.com

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