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>In an article of <5 Jan 90 17:12:36 GMT>, pat@grebyn.com (Pat Bahn) writes:
>
> >I have an IBM 3270 teminal emulator for VMS that I need to check out.
> >Does anybody have a validation suite, or test data or documentationon
>  From your message, it sounds like you have something old, or
>for a different kind of interface.

The 3270 emulation software was written by chris Mauro and robert
furtado  of DEC and the US Govt respectively.  Does anyone know them?
At any rate it was meant to implement 3270 across telnet.  The telnet
had hooks to support 3270.  I've been given this code with a mission to
change it to hook across a proprietary comms interface based on DECNET
and to talk then to a host that will hook telnet to the IBM HOST.
CLUDGE, but we have no other choice. We can't run TCP/IP on the
workstations and we can't give the users direct access to DECNET.   It's
a pain, but that's where we are.  My problem is I need to generate test
data to check out the emulator software.  I've got some but I really
need a better way to test everything.  If anyone has manual numbers
that explain IBM protocols, I'd appreciate it.

Thanks
Pat


PS  The 3270 software was written in 1987, so it is kinda old.
But it's govt property so we have to use it, we can't go buy a new
COTS product.

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