Re: System Terminal

["Al Barsa, Jr." <barsa2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 08:00 PM 2/27/01 -0500, you wrote:

Assuming the workstation connects to a 6050 work station controller, you 
need wha'ts known in Rochester as a 'loon box'.

Al
>Hello,
>         I was trying to access a 9406 model 500 but do not have the orginal
>terminal that was connected to it (which is a long story about companies
>being brought-out and sold). There was an adapter that came out of card slot
>#7 that had a ethernet cable that went to a port connector and then the
>terminal was plugged into the port connector.  I took another terminal off a
>model 170 but there is nowhere to plug it in the back of the model 500, and
>the port connector for the model 170 does not have an ethernet connection.
>So I then took a PC and a hub and connected it to the ethenet connector on
>the back of the model 500 (create a little network) but the PC does see the
>AS400. Ping does not find the machine and it does not show up on the network
>neighbor.
>         Any idea's on how to access this model 500 that has an ethernet
>adapter on the back? Is there a way to directly connect a dum terminal to
>this machine?
>Thanks,
>Art
>+---
>| This is the Midrange System Mailing List!
>| To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com.
>| To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com.
>| To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com.
>| Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com
>+---



+--------------------------------------------------+
| Please do not send private mail to this address. |
| Private mail should go to barsa@ibm.net.         |
+--------------------------------------------------+

Al Barsa, Jr. - Account for Midrange-L
Barsa Consulting, LLC.  
400 > 390

Phone:          914-251-1234
Fax:            914-251-9406
http://www.barsaconsulting.com
http://www.taatool.com
+---
| This is the Midrange System Mailing List!
| To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com.
| To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com.
| To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com.
| Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com
+---