Hi everyone,
 
     We're an HP3000 shop with a tty type application (non Vplus
     application).  We currently have the opportunity to have our
     application become a menu option on an IBM CICS host application. All
     IBM users access the IBM host via a 3270 terminal or 3270 terminal
     emulator.
 
     Our current option under consideration is to use HP's SNA distributed
     host command facility/iX to connect to the IBM 3090 host.  The HP
     networking communications specifications guide states that the Host
     Command Facility, Version 2 software must be installed on the IBM host
     (P/N 5668-985).
 
     We would greatly appreciate any information on the following issues:
 
        1.  Is connecting to the IBM host via the ADVANTIS network
            preferable to purchasing a dedicated leased line?  Or is there
            another alternative?
 
        2.  Does anyone know how much the IBM Host Command software costs?
 
        3.  Does anyone know of any other IBM requirements needed to make
            this connection happen?  Hardware?  Software?.
 
        4.  How to transfer a file to the IBM CICS temporary storage queue?
 
        5.  Being a tty application, our displays don't alway fit on 24
            line boundaries. Does anyone have any input on how to handle
            the following?
 
            Screen 1 has 5 lines to display and screen 2 has 24 lines to
            display.  What we would like to happen is to display screen 1
            on its own page then display screen 2 in its entirety on the
            second page.  What's happening is screen 1 displays on the
            first page then screen 2 appends 19 lines to the first page
            then displays the remaining 5 lines on the second page.
 
     Thanks in advance for your time and help.  My e-mail address is
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