Re: Netsoft file transfer software

[Jerry <jdraper@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The original 5250 package marketed by Netsoft was written by Synapse
Communications in Columbia, MO (www.synapse.com).  It included display,
printer, and file transfer.  

Synapse has kept updating their product and its current incarnation is called
IPCLIENT.  A free trial download that times out is available from their
website.

The file transfer component includes an SQL front end and will do single and
batch transfers.  

I have used and sold products built by Synapse for over twenty years.  Their
5250 products have been licensed over time by Emerald Technology (remember
them?), DCA, Netsoft, Attachmate, Blue Lynx, Connectronnix, and others.

Their products are reasonably priced and they do not charge for tech support or
on-line updates.

Jerry Draper
One happy Synapse customer

Quoting James H H Lampert <jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxx>:

> > Anyone had experience with a Netsoft product that someone might use in
> > place of CA?  Comparisons to CA?  Ease of use?  Learning curve?
> 
> I did, a very long time ago. We went from PC Support with RUMBA to a
> Netsoft APPN router with their Elite emulator (and alternately, with WRQ's
> Reflection (which we helped to debug, when we learned that it didn't
> properly support the "Read Input Fields" 5250 data stream command required
> by our QuestView product).
> 
> Back in the late 1990s, Netsoft had, among other things, an emulator that
> was much nicer than WSF, RUMBA (not that RUMBA is at all difficult to beat
> on aesthetics!), or even PC5250. Don't think I ever needed their file
> transfer software, though. And of course, most of what I used then is
> probably long-since obsolete.
> 
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> JHHL
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