30 Apr
2002
30 Apr
'02
7:57 a.m.
On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Ethan Dicks wrote:
--- Raymond Moyers <rmoyers(a)nop.org> wrote:
Its also used in 5000 series Decstations and at least TC Alphas...
On Wednesday 24 April 2002 22:22, you wrote:
I have visited the site, but my question is apparently not
frequent enough... from those who know, will "Hercules"
talk BISYNC or SNA down a sync serial pipe? I have some
toys here that emulate PU Type 2s (i.e., include a 3274
cluster controller emulator) and older HASP and 3780 workstations,
but they all expect a sync serial feed. I have the modem
eliminators, etc., so that's not a problem. The problem is
what to stick in a PeeCee that can be the Host end of the
conversation (i.e., the 37x5 end, from the viewpoint of my
peripherals). The Zilog 8530 SIO is smart enough to handle
the link-level protocol (we used it and the COM5025), but
outside of the classic Mac/Sun product line, you don't see
a ZSIO in every box. If it's a mainframe, then the campus is the
enclosure,
while if it's a desktop, it's pretty obvious what that is.
Today that campus worth of hardware is emulated in the hercules
s360/370/390/ zSeries emulator http://www.conmicro.cx/hercules
running on a PC running linux or winbloZ
OS, DOS, MVS, VM ... running on your pc, serves x3270
terms over the network etc etc.
Running x3270 is cool enough, but I want _real_ emulated
network traffic, to talk to 20-year-old "compatible"
products. I could even move data to and from VAXen over
SNA or HASP if the Hercules end is savvy enough.
Thanks,
-ethan
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