Re: PC XMODEM Async comm to AS/400

[Carol.Collins@xxxxxxxxxxx (Carol Collins)]

 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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