Re: TCP/IP to AS/400

[DAsmussen@xxxxxxx]

Dave,

In a message dated 97-05-23 15:20:40 EDT, you write:

> >  Ergo, you end up with QPADEV001-9 sharing the SAME function control data
>  > area!  Causes a few problems for us, I don't know how many old S/36
>  > applications are out there doing the same or similar things with ?WS?...
>  
>  The ?WS? in S/36 OCL will ALWAYS return a 2 character workstation id. 
>  The S/36 environment automatically assigns a two character manufactured
>  id to each device name.  You can find out what the assigned ?WS? id is
>  to the device name by using DSPS36.  Same goes for printers, tapes,
>  diskettes etc. 

My mistake, I forgot about the alternate device name map (CFGS36?).  Thanks
for setting me straight!

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-Mail:  DAsmussen@AOL.COM

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