Re[2]: Communication to Banks

I certainly would not go so far as "Extremely easy", though the problem is not 
that the final program is difficult or complex, but rather that there are 
HUNDREDS of configuration options/parameters that must be figured out before it 
will work.  The communications manuals often make cryptic references to options 
or technologies of which there is _NO_ information available.  Lots of running 
around in the manuals for very little practical information. Make sure you have 
your manuals on CD available. 

Having said that, now I'd like to point out that I've never heard of a machine 
that CANNOT talk to the AS400 in some fashion (except possibly my Win95 PC, 
which appears to occasionally speak in languages not of this earth).     :)

You've already found the BEST resource available: MIDRANGE-L! Don't let yourself
get frustrated if it seems to be leeching the life out of you.     ;/

Eric A DeLong   
ericadelong@pmsc.com

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Subject: Re: Communication to Banks 
Author:  <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com > at INTERNET
Date:    6/9/98 8:48 PM


Extremely easy---that is compared to one's preconceptions of the whole thing.
     
See ICF files. Remember, a modem looks just like another file to the 
AS/400. You open it, see if it opened, then write & read records.
     
Now I ain't one who's seen a pile of shops...I've worked in 5. But I've 
rarely seen AS/400's used for communications. In fact, I've only written 
ONE app that writes A/P info to some bank out in la-la land. But after that 
experience, I walked away with the feeling that our favorite box is rarely 
used for more than 50% of what it's capable of.
     
What a box!
     
Good luck,
Wynn Osborne
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