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Subject: APPC questions

From: Max M. Maurer         Ext: +1 914 435-5724  Tie: 295-5724
      Dept Y02A/D91G           IBMMAIL: USIB4GWR
      Poughkeepsie, NY        Internet: MAURERM@VNET.IBM.COM

It is unfortunate that you do not have access to Compuserve since there are
quite a few really good demos there. However, these same demos are also
available internally within IBM. If you were to request some demos from your
local, (very friendly) IBM representative, (s)he should be able to provide
them to you.

The ones that I have found to be most useful are the APPCMVS? series (where ?
is a digit). In particular, APPCMVS6 gets my strong recommendation. This demo
is an OS/2 PM to host file transfer program which is very easy to use and very
fast. APING has also been a popular favorite since it allows you to shoulder
tap a partner. This is useful in determining if you have sucessfully
connected.

Beyond these, you should take a look at a set called: APPCSIMP. This is a set
of simple demos which demonstrate ease-of-use. With the APPC interface offered
in the REXX language on both the host system and on OS/2, coding up APPC
prototypes has never been easier. The set mentioned above comes with a number
of REXX samples and all the program come in source form.  Most of the samples
are OS/2 to MVS but there is one which is MVS to MVS running in batch to
illustrate a new twist on multi-address space communications for not much more
effort than it takes to do file I/O.  This set will soon be available on
Compuserve as well -- as soon as I get all the OS/2 icon things worked out,
that is.  Any comments would be welcome.

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