> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Howard Brazee > Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 9:24 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Integrated ASCII Console question. > > > On 28 Sep 2006 21:44:38 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alan > Altmark) wrote: > > >And rightly so. :-) The I/O models for a character mode > VT220 and a > >block mode 3270 are just too far apart to allow meaningful > translation. > >It's been tried many times. (The ASCII terminal functions > in the 3174 > >don't count.) > > At this date, a new model is warranted - one that is designed from the > ground up to make it easy to integrate PCs and mainframe. >
I agree. I was trying to think of what kind of a channel connected box would be required to be able to create a "KVM" (Keyboard Video Mouse) type environment for z/Linux running under z/VM or in an LPAR. After all, the zSeries hardware has PCI slots. Why not a PCI graphics card? <grin>. Oh, and it needs to use the newest, undocumented "SIGA" architecture and not the standard SSCH with CCWs. If "SIGA" is documented somewhere, somebody please give me a pointer. Oh, other than "use the source, Luke!" to see how it is used in the QETH driver on Linux. Actually, part of the problem in the original is very similar to one that we experience here every day. The "old style" UNIX sysadmins don't really want to bother learning how to do Linux system administration without their usual toolset, which include "full screen" utilities such as the vi editor. They cannot/refuse to work in a "dumb terminal" environment. Imagine trying to do modern z/OS sysprogging (or anything else) if all you had were 2471 line-mode terminals or an RJE card reader/punch with a line printer. That's what is driving the "need" for a "smart serial terminal" that can be used with the z/Linux system's IP stack "dies" for some reason (like somebody messed up the routes or did an "ifdown" by accident). -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
