Re: Modem availability and ibm mf

[kim@aol.com (Kim)]

Jim Babcock inquires:

> I have a friend  who would like to be able to dial into our schools ibm 
> mainframe.  He has an apple II lying around and would like to use it
> instead of buying a PC.  Are there modems available for this that will
> support full screen access?  What should he expect to pay?  And is there
> a tn3270/950 emulation available for the communications software?

I used to use ProTERM 3.0 (and then 3.1) to connect into the MUSIC (ack)
system on the IBM 370 system at Mongomery College (MD). Full screen 
access wasn't really supported, but I found that I could edit things on 
my IIgs and then do an ASCII send of the file far more efficiently than
trying to futz around with getting a full a screen editor.
 
Kim Brennan (America Online)
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