3270 controller simulation

[Dave Wade]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cctalk <cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org> On Behalf Of Grant Taylor via
> cctalk
> Sent: 18 November 2019 17:32
> To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: 3270 controller simulation
> 
> On 11/18/19 10:06 AM, Dave Wade via cctalk wrote:
> > I started with a token ring card in a Windows/2000 box so I could
> > connect directly.
> 
> Nice.
> 
> Was this TN5250 (5250 vs 3270?)?  Or was it SNA?

TN3270 into Hercules so they look local to the OS...

> 
> > I have also gone via a Cisco router with a Token Ring interface NATed
> > onto my normal LAN.
> 
> I assume this was TN5250 / TN3270.  Was the Cisco functioning as the Telnet to
> SNA gateway?
> 

TH3270. Cisco merely converts Token Ring to ethernet as my current PC only has PCI-Express and you can't get PCI-Express Token ring cards.

> Sorry, I've lost track, were you doing 5250 to an AS/400 or 3270 to a
> mainframe?
> 

3270 to Hercules..

> > I now have a 3174 with an Ethernet card but only floppies. I was
> > planning to try moving the card to a bigger 3174 with a Hard Disk
> > (actually an MFM emulator) but the PSU in that has dies. > ... just as
> > I got the MFM emulator working :-(
> 
> :-(
> 
> > The documents presented seem to have lots of info.
> > Perhaps I should get the scope out and see what happens on the co-ax...
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Grant. . . .
> unix || die

Dave