You want existing mainframe and AS/400 users to be able to access an application on a UNIX machine? Is the application also web based? I don't know about the AS/400, but there is a web browser available for both OS/390 and VSE. Macro4 markets it and is called Enter/WEB. As long as the browser doesn't need to invoke Javascript and other stuff that is not inherent to the mainframe (like graphics), it works quite well. On trial, I had the opportunity to install and use Enter/Web under VSE.
On Sunday 22 September 2002 09:27 pm, you wrote: > My current issue is how to support a whole boatload of interactive text > screen users coming from a program running under both Mainframe and OS/400 > systems. Both systems are capable of supporting really fast and efficient > terminal operations, because they use block mode terminal capabilities. In > other words, a 3270 terminal doesn't send every keystroke back to the host > while the user is typing; it returns entire screen's worth of information > at one time. > > So, other than coding a BMS replacement and TN3270 server, are there any > --> existing <-- and --> easy <--- way to run a block mode terminal under > UNIX? > > If not, it doesn't appear too difficult to write a client/server system > that would operate as a block mode system,but if anyone has any pointers, I > am all ears. :) > > BTW: I know that the HTML based web stuff does act that way, but following > the precepts of don't break it if it ain't broke, the easiest path for me > to be able to run hundred of users reliably and without screen delays from > UNIX seems to be a block mode terminal. > > Opposing, supporting, or otherwise informative opinions welcome! :) > > Thanks > -Paul -- Rich Smrcina Sytek Services, Inc. Milwaukee, WI [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Catch the WAVV! Stay for Requirements and the Free for All! Update your S/390 skills in 4 days for a very reasonable price. WAVV 2003 in Winston-Salem, NC. April 25-29, 2003 For details see http://www.wavv.org
