Re: Need Info on Parallel to Twinax Converter

Kirk,

        I have read this a dozen times, and I am not sure what you need to
solve your issues.  Can you do a block diagram in words or pictures so we
can try and offer some advice.  It seems you have two issues here physical
connectivity, (Twinax,  Parallel. LAN ??) and logical connectivity.  (Native
400-SNA LU 7 verses IP).

        One possible answer is to move the printers to the Tamdem
configuration now, and use LPR/LPD, or Telnet printing (RMTOUTQ) through the
TAMDEM from the AS/400 until the move of the application is complete.

        By the way ??  Why the move ?????

        JMS...

-----Original Message-----
From: Kirk Goins <kgoins@ix.netcom.com>
To: MidrangeList <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Date: Sunday, April 11, 1999 2:37 AM
Subject: Need Info on Parallel to Twinax Converter


>We are moving a major application off the 400 to Tamdem. We have a number
of IBM
>4224 printers printing multipart forms that will need to still be used
after the
>cut over. Now the Tamdem will be printing via IP to Marknet(IBM/Lexmark jet
>directs). As of now the users really want to keep the multicolor/multipart
form.
>
>What I'm looking for is what Blackbox calls a REVERSE PROTOCOL CONVERTER.
What I
>need is PARALLEL to TWINAX so I can run 4224's from the Marknets. Here's
the
>catch... in the case of Blackbox there converters don't support 4224s. They
>autocfg so I can't even try to fake it out trying to say its something
else. I
>just tried 2 different devices today  and the test modes on both just make
the
>READY LIGHT FLASH, never prints.
>
>Anyone know of a device that will do parallel to twinax? This would really
make
>life easier since I could convert 1 or 2 printers a day to IP on the 400
and
>when we go live just quit printing to them and the the other system do its
>stuff.
>
>
>--
>Kirk Goins
>Blue Heron Consulting,Inc
>2418 SE Burnside Rd #321
>Gresham, OR 97080
>503-618-1493
>EMAIL kgoins@ix.netcom.com
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