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Peter Dow wrote:
>
> Hi Brad,
>
> There used to be a file transfer function that used the green screen: the
> S/36 (or was it S/34?) would fill the screen, the PC program would grab the
> data and effectively press ENTER to get the next screen.
>
> These days there's ODBC, data queues, socket servers, etc. to communicate,
> and with the green-screen tax, I don't think anyone would like something
> that increases usage thereof.

ODBC from an AS400 to a PC server? I didn't know you could do it
backwards.

in any case, the reason to do this is because there is something
on the pc you want to provide to the greenscreen,

or maybe your programmer like writing in VB

besides, wouldn't it be a hoot?

I suppose ther eis already a green screen web browser

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