Re: PC terminal server for 5250

["Adam Lang" <aalang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I THINK I got it.

It is a way for green screen users to use windows based applications (that
are built specifically for this type of environment)?

Adam Lang
Systems Engineer
Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
http://www.rutgersinsurance.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brad Jensen" <brad@elstore.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 3:26 PM
Subject: Re: PC terminal server for 5250


> You are using the AS/400 as a communications pathway, not as a
> host. All the 400 does is pass your 5250 conversations in both
> directions to the PC server. There's no additional logic or
> software on the AS/400. Suppose your pc server is
> myserver.mydomain.com . The green screen user does a telnet to
> myserver.mydomain.com, and receives a menu (created on the
> myserver by the applications programmer, using a simple PC
> application).