On Tue, 12 Sep 1995 15:11:54 GMT chris michael said:
>Jeff Kell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>This one strains my brain for details, but way back in the classic days,
>>there was a product available whereby the 3000 would "emulate" an IBM 3705
>>communcations controller [...]
 
>>I want to say this was called MTS/3000 but I could well be wrong; I tend to
>>only remember the products we actually used :-)
 
>Don't know if this is the same product, but SNA IFM makes your 3k look
>like a RJE station to an IBM.  Your 3k terminals can be terminals to the
>IBM and you can "punch" and "print" card images, submit batch jobs, etc.
>I can't remember if IBM terminals could get to the 3k...
 
There was IMF which allowed 3000 block mode terminals to act like 3270s
attached to the remote IBM (I think DHCF does the same thing?).  The product
I mentioned works the other way around -- IBM terminals accessing the 3000.
 
[\] Jeff Kell <[log in to unmask]>