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| Author: | McCusker, T. |
| Title: | The OverLAN route to AS/400s |
| Journal: | Datamation
1992 : APR 1, VOL. 38:7, p.47-48, 50 |
| Index terms: | COMPUTER NETWORKS MINICOMPUTERS COMPUTER USERS COMPUTER TERMINALS |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Since IBM launched the AS/400 minicomputer in 1988, users have often teamed it up with local area networks (LANs) of personal computers. Drawn by 10,000 applications and heavy-duty peripherals, corporate users have connected nearly 2 million PCs to AS/400s through LANs and individually. The number will likely grow to some 4 million PC clients on the AS/400 within two years. The ways users connect to AS/400s are as divers as their reasons for doing so. Terminal emulation, file transfer and cooperative processing are among the main activities occurring over the wire, and each suggests a different connectivity strategy. Each solution differs in cost, memory use, abling requirements and performance. Various connectivity products are described. |
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