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> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Mark T. Regan, K8MTR
>
> The problem with using multiple emulator sessions is that if
> you lose your network connection to the mainframe, you also
> lose all your tn3270 sessions too. By logging on to the
> mainframe applications though a session manager, the session
> manager will hold your sessions open for you until you log
> back in. That's the big benefit I tell our users, even other
> system programmers at my site.
While YMMV, I believe the risk of network connection loss is
sufficiently low that I remain a fan of multiple session windows. I
typically have six or seven session windows open concurrently.
-jc-
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