Re: need winsock-compliant tn3270 for Model 5 (132x27) emulation $$

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From: Clark Geisler
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 1996 00:00

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In article <4celri$ivs@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>, rmshair@uiuc.edu (Bob Shair) wrote:
>Looking, on behalf of one of my clients, for a tn3270 which will run on their
>Windows NT Desktop (and perhaps their 3.1) systems.  They currently have 
>about 50 NT systems in place, and may expand to 200. 
>
>Their mainframe applications are written for 3270 Model 5 (132x27) terminals.
>
>We don't want another TCP/IP protocol stack.  The most straightforward 
>solution looks to be a winsock-compliant tn3270.  
>
>We're looking at QMS Extra, but it doesn't advertise Model 5 emulation.
>
>PMANT (IBM) would be perfect, if it's available for Windows, but I've only
>found it under OS/2.
>
>Would like to keep it under 100 USDollars/desktop.  Well under would be nice.
>Shareware and freeware are acceptable.

Well, I'm use the tn3270 that comes with Novell's Lan Workplace for DOS
version 4.2.  The tn3270 version is 4.12.
It appears to support the model 5, but it uses Novell's WLIBSOCK.DLL,
not WINSOCK.DLL.  So, it probably won't do the job for you.

Good luck,
Clark

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Clark Geisler, Test Engineer
Nortel (Lentronics) Burnaby, BC, Canada
mailto:Clark_Geisler@nt.com

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From: Clark_Geisler@nt.com (Clark Geisler)
Subject: Re: need winsock-compliant tn3270 for Model 5 (132x27) emulation $$
Date: 1996/01/05
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