RE: Green Screen access for customers - suggestions?? -- MIDRANGE-L

I have been holding off from responding to this thread because I developed
Telnet/400 and I don't want to appear that I am promoting it. However, I can
explain what is causing the "sluggishness" that you are talking about.
Telnet/400 uses the VT100 protocol which means each keystroke is sent to the
AS/400 and is not displayed until it is echoed back to the PC. Depending on
the speed of the line it may appear slower when keying data, although I
haven't noticed a significant difference. However, it does greatly simplify
the programming and results in a very small program. 

This was my goal in developing Telnet/400. I wanted a program which would be
easy to install and use and provide basic terminal emulation for the AS/400.
It was never intended to be a full function emulator like Client Access and
may not be suitable for everybody. 


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> From:         Peter Dow[SMTP:pcdow@yahoo.com]
> Sent:         Thursday, October 07, 1999 12:32 PM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: Green Screen access for customers - suggestions??
> 
> Hi Joe,
> 
> You wrote:
> >The one thing I didn't like about Telnet/400 is a delay after you key
> > before it shows up on the screen. It's not a long delay, but it is still
> > noticeable. Maybe that's just part of the shareware version.
> 
> I just read a review of Telnet/400 by Brian Singleton that probably
> explains
> what you're experiencing:
> 
> "One problem that eliminates this program from most remote communication
> scenarios is that instead of buffering keystrokes and sending them to the
> AS/400 when users press an activation key (such as Enter), Telnet/400
> sends
> each keystroke to the AS/400 as it is typed and the AS/400 immediately
> returns it to the workstation or terminal for display. This round trip for
> every keystroke gives Telnet/400 the appearance of a sluggish application
> running over slow connections and generates needless network traffic."
> 
> You can read the full text of this review at
> http://www.news400.com/issues/1999/august/singleton/5782.htm.
> 
> BTW, I'm looking for a terminal emulator that includes an async router. I
> have a customer that only lets me connect via a modem connected to an
> ASCII
> workstation controller. I have Netsoft v3.11, but it doesn't work under NT
> Server. If you know of anything, please let me know.
> 
> Peter Dow
> Dow Software Services, Inc.
> 909 425-0194 voice/fax
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