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Article #861Re: Mainframe I/O channel <--> PC/UNIX/LAN
From: Valdis Kletnieks
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 1991 20:32
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 1991 20:32
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>I also heard of ethernet TCP/IP type connections. They are basically an
>(overpriced, IMHO) UNIX box one end connecting to the mainframe
>(typically channel attach) and another end connect to ethernet.
>However, these are usually very expensive solutions (expensive box and
>expensive mainfame software).
Funny... neither the IBM 8232, the IBM 3172, the Spartacus box, nor the
BTI boxes run Unix - they're all basically a little box with bus/tag on
one side and an ethernet card on the other. The BTI box in particular
is quite good price/performance wise - I think they run about $10K
(*dont* quote me, I'm probably wrong) - I've personally stressed one
up to 900 packets/sec, and the folks at RPI have benched FTP throughputs
above a megabyte/sec...
If you're a member of the IBM Higher Education Software Consortium, the
5798-FAL TCP/IP software for VM is essentially free....
Valdis Kletnieks
Computer Systems Engineer
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!agate!ucbvax!VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU!VALDIS From: VALDIS@VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU (Valdis Kletnieks) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.ibm Subject: Re: Mainframe I/O channel <--> PC/UNIX/LAN Message-ID: <9101272043.AA21491@lilac.berkeley.edu> Date: 27 Jan 91 20:32:35 GMT References: <hank%bitnic.BITNET@LILAC.BERKELEY.EDU> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: Valdis Kletnieks <VALDIS@VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU> Organization: The Internet Lines: 21