OMG I didn't expect these many responses, thanks a lot guys. Let me start reading one by one...
-Shibu On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 8:51 AM, Chris Mason <[email protected]> wrote: > Gerard > >> While VTAM is convenient and ubiquitous in zOS shops, ... > > > I may need to be corrected but I thought that, when you order z/OS, you > cannot avoid also ordering Communications Server and that necessarily > includes VTAM. I'd be happy to be corrected if this is wrong! > > Maybe I just misunderstood why you are using the word "ubiquitous" which > seems to imply there is an option! > >> ... if IBM still supports the 3791L (really a 3174-1L), then true local >> non-SNA support is readily available, ... > > > In order to support the OSA/ICC and equipment providing closely similar > function, there must necessarily be some way to define a "non-SNA" device > address which can be specified with the CUADDR operand of a VTAM LOCAL > statement. So, whatever the "hardware definition" code is, IBM *still* > supports it. > > Incidentally what difference is there between "true" and not "true - > "false"? - "local non-SNA support"? > > > Chris Mason > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gerhard Postpischil" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, December 26, 2011 11:36 PM > Subject: Re: Display related operations in assembler. > >> ... >> >> While VTAM is convenient and ubiquitous in zOS shops, if IBM >> still supports the 3791L (really a 3174-1L), then true local >> non-SNA support is readily available, and EXCP is >> (non-noticeably?) faster than VTAM. TN3270(E) software has the >> drawback that it needs to run on PCs that in turn are a lot >> easier to compromise than "dumb" terminals. >> >> Gerhard Postpischil >> Bradford, VT -- Thanks and Regards Shibu.T Mob # +919035880560
