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In article <9005301446.AA25457@lilac.berkeley.edu> Steve Strickland
        <SNSTR%TTUVM1.bitnet@lilac.berkeley.edu> writes:
>>But, Does anyone know if you can talk to a 370 class system via
>>T-R and TCP/IP (not SNA) through either a 3745 or local 3174 TIC
>>adapter?  If so how??
>>
>Can't be done right now.  I think comten advertized a FEP that would
>do this.
>Strick

COMTEN has a front end that can talk TCP/IP, but this is a replacemnt
for the 3745, not an addition to it.  The only way IBM provides for
TCP/IP connections to mainframe are:

1. Channel attached 8232 with Token ring adapter.
2. Channel attached 3172 (faster replacement for the 8232)
3. 9370 using a Token Ring adapter (VM only)

IBM did just recently announce an RPQ for the the 3174 TIC adapter that
will allow a PC connected to the 3174 via coax run a limited version of
their LAN support program. The data is routed from a PC server on the
TokenRing, through  the TIC on the 3174, through the COAX to a client PC
that has an IBM 3270 Coax adapter.  While this does not pertain to your
original question.  It does show that IBM is cabable of putting more
options and inteligence into the 3174. (there is even a 3174 model that
comes with a 20 meg hard drive! go figure??).  I think that IBM will
announce many more options for the 3174 in the future.  COMTEN may force
them to announce sooner than they would like!

Patrick Johnston

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