RE: Using X.25 on Advanced 36 model 9402-236

Just some of the many possibilities:

You CAN configure a S/36 (Classic, 236 or 436) to answer a dial-up call
with an attached SDLC modem, so you should be able to use plain old
Remote 5250 software, with an SDLC card & modem on a PC, to dial-in.

You could also connect either a PC or a dumb 5250 terminal in your
office to a remote controller (5294/5394) with an SDLC modem, and again
connect to the S/36 by putting an SDLC modem on it's comm line.

You could use a protocol converter (like an old 5208, or the newer 5208
- or a lookalike) connected to a twinax port on the S/36 and dial-in
from a PC running any of several types of terminal emulation (VT100,
Wysexxx, 3164 etc.).

If you have a 400 in your office, you can dial out from the ECS modem
(or any other line with an SDLC modem) and run display station
pass-through to the S/36.

Or you could spend a lot, connect a small token-ring LAN on the S/36,
and use a RAS server (something like the IBM 8235).


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don Kuenz [SMTP:kuenzdc@wind.cc.whecn.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 1998 10:29 AM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Using X.25 on Advanced 36 model 9402-236
> 
> Hi guys,
> 
> I need to connect either a 5250 terminal or a 5250 terminal emulator
> in my
> office to a client's Advanced 36 model 9402-236 using a switched line.
> 
> My IBM rep says that dial in connectivity is missing from the
> 9402-236.
> She suggested that my client upgrade to a 9402-426.
> 
> Until my client upgrades (they say they'll be ready in about 10
> years), 
> it may be worthwhile to explore alternative solutions. The 9402-236
> looks
> like it can handle a synchronous, switched line modem. A telcom friend
> of
> mine says that it's possible to connect a commonly available Micomm
> PAD to 
> a terminal/PC in my office. The Micomm PAD converts a serial port to
> X.25 
> protocol, which is then fed into a synchronous modem in my office. A 
> switched connection exists between the two synchronous modems.
> 
> It appears that you can configure a 9402-236 to accept an X.25
> connection. 
> Does anyone know if what I propose is feasable? (i.e. plugging a
> terminal/PC
> into a Micomm PADD and initiating an X.25 session with a 9402-236.)
> Thanks.
> 
> -Don Kuenz
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