Agreed John , as a former SNA dude I agree..TCPIP is here to stay Sent from my iPad Scott Ford Senior Systems Engineer www.identityforge.com
On Mar 30, 2012, at 8:56 AM, "McKown, John" <[email protected]> wrote: > VTAM is not the culprit. It is TSO development and their firm conviction (20 > to life, with no chance of parole) that the 3270 is a "half duplex" protocol > so you cannot write to an 3270 output area while concurrently soliciting > input. They should talk to the z/OS console DIDOCS people about that. Or grab > the 3270 code that SMCS consoles (3270 VTAM consoles) use to run "full > duplex". > > -- > John McKown > Systems Engineer IV > IT > > Administrative Services Group > > HealthMarkets(r) > > 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 > (817) 255-3225 phone * > [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or > proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please > contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original > message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and > issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake > Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of > TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin >> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 7:22 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: SNA future >> >> On Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:09:48 +0200, Jan Vanbrabant wrote: >>> >>> *Re. Technote T1013032 * >>> >>> *https://www-304.ibm.com/support/entdocview.wss?uid=isg3T1013032* >>> >>> *(Switching From DB2 Private Protocol (PP) to DRDA Protocol >> Question)* >>> >>> *... ... ... However SNA is no longer a strategic protocol and >> customers are >>> advised to start converting their applications to TCP/IP. ... ... ...* >>> >>> For sure, we all know that SNA is no longer the strategic network >>> architecture. >>> >>> But such a statement from a major subsystem like DB2 is not >> negligible as >>> such. >>> >> Will it take VTAM with it? I understand VTAM is a major >> culprit in the >> dreadful terminal interaction of the TSO OMVS command/subsystem. >> >> -- gil >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
