On Wednesday, 05/30/2007 at 02:49 ZE8, John Summerfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It would be possible to write block-mode applications for Linux, but > current interactive programs expect keys to be presented asynchronously.
"Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig." As you say, if the applications are block-mode apps, a 3270 will suffice as long as you can live with only 29 "action" keys (ENTER, PF1-24, PA1-3, SYSREQ). You should be able to get through YaST, for example. If you really need vi before the network is up, wait a month for z/VM 5.3. It allows you to attach the integrated VT220 console to a guest, letting Linux us it just as it would in an LPAR. [While it's possible to run a 3270 in graphics mode through the Auxiliary Device (hello, GDDM), a rift in space-time is the usual result and, IMO, isn't worth the headache.] Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
