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- From: root@admin.mport.COM (admin)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Binary Sychronous Communication (2780)
- Message-ID: <1245@admin.mport.COM>
- Date: 8 Sep 92 16:10:02 GMT
- References: <1992Sep4.165109.10091@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca>
- Organization: Microport Inc., Scotts Valley, CA 95066 US of A
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- eastick@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca (Doug Eastick) writes:
-
- >We are in the position of having to dial-up an IBM mainframe to pick up
- >some EDI documents. We'd like to use an intel x86 box. I know of a board
- >from Cleo Communications which will give us bisync and will work with
- >various DOS software communication packages.
-
- >My question is this: does anyone know of any 386, UNIX-based or UNIX-like
- >OS's which support bisync communication? Specifically maybe BSD/386 from
- >BSD Inc.
-
- >Also, how does Telebit's T2500 do SNA and bisync when there is only an
- >RS232 port? Hmm?
- >Doug Eastick -- Sudbury, Ontario
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-
- Doug -
-
- I just tested one of Cleo's boards (3270 SNA Remote Linkix) on
- Microport SVR4.0.4.1 - it worked fine using a UDS v.32 modem. We
- had no problem talking to a mainframe. I believe the UDS modem
- has a v.32 SDLC synchronous mode. I tried using our Telebit T-2500, but
- had no success in talking to the mainframe. I could make a connection
- using the async->synch v.32 mode (dials in asynch, then goes synch
- when connected) but couldn't get it to talk to the mainframe. The
- SDLC protocol might work if you had another T-2500 on the other
- end - the T-2500 only has PEP mode SDLC !
-
- I think almost any operating system will work - the Cleo board takes
- care of the synchronous communications. I think UDS modems are fairly
- popular the with big iron crowd.
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- Richard ducman Ducoty Microport Inc.
- duc@mport.com Scotts Valley, CA
- root@mport.com 408.438.8649
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