Re: Win95 - CA/400 session limit

<Soap box on>I
have not had the opportunity to try Synapse's products, but it seem that my
NetSoft package runs circles around IBM's offerings for remote connection to the
AS/400. Crashes? Hear them all the time, but they are the cars on the street out
front, not my PC. Is it possible that IBM, in it's infinite wisdom, is using old
versions of NS, or are the "improving" it.

Just went to CA/400 on NT4.0 at a client site. This is on TCP/IP. I think prefer
NetSoft's Terminal Emulation, as well as their file transfer. Unless I am doing
something wrong, CA/400's file transfer is the PITS.
<Soap box off>


>         ----Original Message-----
>         From:   Jerome Draper [SMTP:jdraper@wco.com]
>         Sent:   Tuesday, February 10, 1998 3:09 PM
>         To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
>         Subject:        Re: Win95 - CA/400 session limit
>
>         At 12:36 PM 2/5/98 EST, you wrote:
>         >When the same set up works on Win 3.1 and not on Win 95, I'm
> supposed to
>         blame
>         >IBM for not accommodating changes that M$ made and didn't
> bother to document?
>         >Sorry, it doesn't wash. But you did a good job of bluffing your
> way into the
>         >dialog.
>         >
>         >In a message dated 98-02-05 09:02:50 EST,
> bcrothers@netdirect.net (Bob
>         >Crothers) wrote:
>         >
>         ><< A mystery from Redmond?  When your AS/400 based application
>         > software blows up, do you blame IBM?  Why do you blame
> Microsoft
>         > for CAWin?
>         >
>         > Your windows machine crashes on a regular basis?  Remove CAWin
>
>         > and see how often it crashes.
>         >
>         > I think this mystery originates in Rochester MN. >>
>
>         Let me weigh in here.  I don't really get this.  Who cares where
> the blame
>         lies in the finger pointing game -- MS or IBM.  Software should
> work and
>         that's that.
>
>         Having been on this list for some time, many of you know that I
> have been
>         selling, supporting, and enjoying the CA/400 replacement from
> Synapse
>         (www.synapse.com) called WinAPPC.  It amazes me what abuse the
> CA/400 users
>         will tolerate when better alternatives that actually work are
> available.
>         There is ample evidence in posts on this list as to the
> nightmares real
>         people are suffering.
>
>         In APPC situations, Synapse has some fo the usual NS/Router-32
> issues (BTW,
>         3.1 is latest) but not anywhere near what I see reported here
> with CA/400.
>         You have to ask yourself, if both IBM and Synapse are using the
>         NS/Router-32 why and how can Synapse have a file transfer that
> is more than
>         6 (yes, six) times faster than CA/400.
>
>         In the TCP/IP area, WinAPPC has both dispay and printer (LPD due
> this
>         month), with a killer SQL based FTP file transfer coming.
>
>         Let me ask:  Why are so many users accepting such a deficient
> product?
>         Answers please?
>
>         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, MI, DCI, Netsoft, etc.
>         (415) 457-3431; (415) 258-1658fax; jdraper@wco.com
>
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