On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Ethan Dicks wrote:
>
> --- Raymond Moyers <rmoyers_at_nop.org> wrote:
> > On Wednesday 24 April 2002 22:22, you wrote:
> > > If it's a mainframe, then the campus is the enclosure,
> > > while if it's a desktop, it's pretty obvious what that is.
> >
> > Today that campus worth of hardware is emulated in the hercules
> > s360/370/390/ zSeries emulator http://www.conmicro.cx/hercules
> > running on a PC running linux or winbloZ
> >
> > OS, DOS, MVS, VM ... running on your pc, serves x3270
> > terms over the network etc etc.
>
> I have visited the site, but my question is apparently not
> frequent enough... from those who know, will "Hercules"
> talk BISYNC or SNA down a sync serial pipe? I have some
> toys here that emulate PU Type 2s (i.e., include a 3274
> cluster controller emulator) and older HASP and 3780 workstations,
> but they all expect a sync serial feed. I have the modem
> eliminators, etc., so that's not a problem. The problem is
> what to stick in a PeeCee that can be the Host end of the
> conversation (i.e., the 37x5 end, from the viewpoint of my
> peripherals). The Zilog 8530 SIO is smart enough to handle
> the link-level protocol (we used it and the COM5025), but
> outside of the classic Mac/Sun product line, you don't see
> a ZSIO in every box.
Its also used in 5000 series Decstations and at least TC Alphas...
>
> Running x3270 is cool enough, but I want _real_ emulated
> network traffic, to talk to 20-year-old "compatible"
> products. I could even move data to and from VAXen over
> SNA or HASP if the Hercules end is savvy enough.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -ethan
>
>
>
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Peter Wallace
Received on Tue Apr 30 2002 - 14:57:00 BST