On Fri, 6 Mar 2009 12:02:23 +0100, R.S. wrote: >Schwarz, Barry A wrote: >> Aren't beliefs a wonderful thing. >> >> Since one customer is still using 3270 style dumb terminals exclusively, ... > >BTW: Even "coax network" can connect CD to a mainframe. You need PC with >CD and coax card. It can be old HMC - older OS/2 based HMCs did have both. > FSVO "connect". Does the CD appear to the mainframe as a storage device/subsystem, or is the connection limited to file transfers initiated by the PC.
Of course, one might run an NFS server on the PC and export the CD. But that's late 20th century technology, likely not appealing to the cited customer. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
