Re: Allowing Salesforce Dialin to AS/400

Chuck Lewis wrote:
> 

Done it a couple of different ways, but for a outside sales force, I
would put as many lines on the 400 as needed... put them in rotary....
I would use those 7852-400 modems on the 400...(cheap + solid)

I would buy Thinkpads or whatever laptops I could and put a PCMCIA Hayes
Optima and use either CA/400, MI Remote 5250, or Synapse..... I am sure
there will some debate about which software but all of the three
mentioned
are fairly stable and all provide the same basic emulation.... all
though
only 2 of the above support autosync, so, I guess the list does narrow 
down.....

If you don't like the above, I would also look at the 5308 which
requires
nothing more than async modems and whatever pc you have.... Emulation is
basic but it works..... You are limited to the number of lines, 7 max
per
box but for "casual" inquiry by sales force, 7 lines may be enough...
again
put phone lines in rotary.....

Everything else tends to up the $$$$$ so I won't go into all the normal
SDLC solutions......
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