[ale] 3270 On Linux

[James P. Kinney III]

On Fri, 2004-06-04 at 19:32, Christopher Fowler wrote:
> Cyclades is a direct competitor of ours.  I'm hooking up a customer to
> some of our high-end remote management equipment.  

Ooops! :) Never mind _MY_ suggestion. 

In all honesty, AS/400 is one of the remaining few *nix environments I
have had no exposure to. I've considered buying some older hardware from
e-bay but I just haven't been able to justify to cost.
> 
> Also hardware embedded Linux.
> 
> http://66.23.198.2/s.jpg
> 
> Is a screenshot of the system I'm trying to get these AS/400's
> integrated with.  Becoming a PITA.
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, 2004-06-04 at 17:40, James P. Kinney III wrote:
> > On Fri, 2004-06-04 at 15:02, Christopher Fowler wrote:
> > > I'm looking to somehow replace the main terminal of an AS/400 with a
> > > linux solution I can ssh into.  
> > 
> > If the AS/400 supports a serial port console (I'm 88% sure it does) then
> > a Cyclades serial port connector will do the trick. The Cyclades box
> > (the upper end models) support direct ssh connection and then a
> > keystroke combo to select the remote console screen. Their lowest end
> > box (about the size of a deck of cards) will connect a single machine
> > serial port to a single ethernet line and makes the serial line
> > addressable after a ssh login.  Nice stuff. All hardware-based embedded
> > Linux.
> > > 
> > > On Fri, 2004-06-04 at 14:43, Keith R. Watson wrote:
> > > > At 09:39 6/4/2004 -0400, you wrote:
> > > > >I have a customer who has many AS/400 machines.  I need to access their
> > > > >consoles remotely via Twinax.  If there a way I can do this.  I intend
> > > > >to place a linux machine on site to connect to the Twina.  I will then
> > > > >ssh into the Linux machine and communicate with the AS/400 with what?
> > > > >
> > > > >
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> > > > Christopher,
> > > > 
> > > > You can use a 3270 to ethernet gateway with tn3270 or 3270 for X windows.
> > > > 
> > > > http://www.twindata.com/
> > > > 
> > > > http://linux.maruhn.com/sec/tn3270.html
> > > > 
> > > > http://at.rpmfind.net/opsys/linux/RPM/contrib/libc5/i386/tn3270-510-1.i386.html
> > > > 
> > > > http://www-306.ibm.com/software/network/commserver/linux/v6010/admin09.htm
> > > > 
> > > > http://x3270.bgp.nu/
> > > > 
> > > > http://www.redhat.com/apps/isv_catalog/AppProfile.html?application_data_id=1673
> > > > 
> > > > http://www.ericom.com/SSL/
> > > > 
> > > > http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue23/x3270.html
> > > > 
> > > > http://www.planetmvs.com/tn3270/
> > > > 
> > > > Try these google searches.
> > > > 
> > > > 3270 gateway twinax
> > > > 
> > > > linux 3270
> > > > 
> > > > linux tn3270
> > > > 
> > > > linux 3270 ibm
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > keith
> > > > 
> > > > -------------
> > > > 
> > > > Keith R. Watson                        GTRI/ITD
> > > > Systems Support Specialist III         Georgia Tech Research Institute
> > > > keith.watson at gtri.gatech.edu           Atlanta, GA  30332-0816
> > > > 404-894-0836
> > > > 
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