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The way we connect asynchronous terminals to our IBM systems is via protocol
converters called SNA_Gates sold in Australia by the Netlink company. These
boxes appear to the 3725 as cluster controllers and can be configured to
support any sort of asynchronous terminal or printer. A wide range of features
are supported including:

  * LU1, LU2 and LU3 sessions
  * RJE Station emulation
  * Local screen printing
  * IBM PC Host file transfer
  * Multiple LU's per device
  * Data transparency (ala 7171)

In many ways they are functionally the same as the IBM 3708. For example, the
Arbiter PC-IBM Host integration product (from Tangram) supports SNA_Gate
connected PCs by assuming it is a 3708.

I don't know who sells them in the US, but they are available (I can probably
find out if someone is interested). Cost is about A$7500 depending on
configuration (8 - 16 asynch ports).

Peter Elford,
Australian National University,
Computer Services Centre,
Canberra, AUSTRALIA.