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Article #158Re: IBM 3270/telnet to non-IBM machine
From: Jay Maynard
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 14:51
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 14:51
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Using a 3270 as a TELNET client device to an application expecting a serial,
character mode terminal (i.e., VT100) is possible; Teubner and Associates
sells a package to do just that under the name ANET. That's the good news.
The bad news is that a 3270 makes a terrible character mode terminal - because
it isn't. It's inherently block mode. Most applications have implicit design
assumptions about being able to see each character as it's typed. A 3270 is
incapable of doing that unless you're dealing with an Asynchronous Emulation
Adapter or other controller-based feature. Applications that work well with
3270s are invariably those designed to work with other block-mode terminals.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!bcm!lib!oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu!jmaynard From: jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu (Jay Maynard) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.sys.cisco Subject: Re: IBM 3270/telnet to non-IBM machine Message-ID: <6353@lib.tmc.edu> Date: 11 Apr 1992 14:51:25 GMT References: <12067@ns-mx.uiowa.edu> Sender: usenet@lib.tmc.edu Organization: UT Health Science Center Houston Lines: 15 Nntp-Posting-Host: oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu