Jeff Kell ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
: On Mon, 11 Sep 1995 18:25:11 PDT Glenn Cole said:
: >Okay, I give up. Why is it that FORMSPEC (B.06.04, on MPE/iX 4.0) lists, in
: >the "Forms file terminal selection" on a LIST report, a box for "IBM 3270"
: >support? I have absolutely no idea what this means, or when it came into
: >being.
 
: 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 so that you could have a remote 3270 cluster
: controller connected directly to the 3000 (via an INP card as I recall)
: over a synchronous communications link.  You could then use the 3000 from
: your basic IBM 327x terminal.
 
: 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 :-)
 
I'm straining my brains too.  One the costs in converting from IBM systems
to 3000 is the terminal replacement costs.  This product allowed the
customer to keep his 3270 terminal investment while replacing the CPU.
The IML (Interactive Mainframe Link) all ready emulates 3270s.  This
product just goes the other way.
 
- Rick Ehrhart