It's been a few years, but I too supported a mixed environment. Not sure how my MODETAB was set up - but terminals could switch Mod types and get a session.
Guess I'll root around in my private archives to look for a sample. --- Chris Mason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Stan > > You don't really mean that, do you? Or if you do, > you'd better provide some > further explanation. > > In the days following the availability of the > various 3278 models, I needed > to support each on each type of controller. Because > there were "non-SNA" and > SNA controllers, and, of the later, two types, > channel-attached and > SDLC-attached, I devised an USS logon scheme which > allowed the "model" to be > selected as M2, M3, M4 or M5 following the data > field, the latter typically > used for the userid. Thus "tso mason,m3" was an > example for the USS logon > command. This definitely required one customized > mode table for "non-SNA" > attachment and one for SNA attachment, although, > because of the 1536 > outbound RU size limit for the channel-attached > controller, I had one for > the channel-attached controller and one for the > SDLC-attached controller. > > Somewhat later, while teaching SNI Alias, a bright > student from France > pointed out that IBM really didn't allow more than > one mode table per > network(NetID) (logically concatenated to the > supplied mode table ISTINCLM) > as could be deduced from the way the SNI Alias > function worked. This point > was actually reinforced when the issue of running > APPN with VTAM arose some > years later. > > All this to say that, yes, it is possible to have a > "variety of mode > entries" but, no, any selection from the "variety of > mode entries" needs to > be manual as the example of my USS tables shows. > > The only selection by the LU, and I mean the > "application", not the > "terminal" LU, is by virtue of the Read Partition > Query command and the > information returned in the Reply used when allowed > to be used, the "query" > bit, as I explained in my previous post, and > indicated by the use of the > X'03" specification in the penultimate byte of the > PSERVIC operand. > > Chris Mason > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stan Saraczewski" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, 16 October, 2006 4:04 PM > Subject: Re: Defining a display LU so the user can > choose the terminal type > > > If you have a variety of mode entries the terminal > lu > will select the one best suited for the model it is. > > --- âãé áï àáé <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > How can I define a display LU so the user will be > > able to choose the terminal type? > > > > Most users like A Model 2 (24*80), but I would > like > > the options to sue a model 3 or even a model 5. > > > > Gadi > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- These days, most war (and lots of other evil) is perpetrated by the Righteous. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
