On Tue, 21 Jul 2015 11:35:40 -0400, Tony Harminc wrote: >On 21 July 2015 at 02:13, glen herrmannsfeldt wrote: >> OK, I forgot that the Usenet gateway doesn't work anymore. > >"Imminent death of the net predicted!" > >> I am wondering what software one needs for a 3705 to connect up ordinary >> ASCII terminals. > telnet readily connects to TSO and to CMS. But what do you do when you get there?
Hmmm... VM doesn't mask my password; z/OS masks. What a concept! >> For example, what would be needed to use TSO or Wylbur on >> ASCII terminals? I know this is what was done 35 years >> ago, but I don't know now who knows how to do it. > >That's a very different question. ... > Indeed. TSO, fine for commands such as LISTALC and TIME. >Well lots of nostalgia, but what are you really trying to accomplish here? > And why not TELNET? Security concerns? What about ssh? Last I remember, decades ago, a colleague was using a serial connection to download to perf tape. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
