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Conference 7.286::digital

Title:The Digital way of working
Moderator:QUARK::LIONELON
Created:Fri Feb 14 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5321
Total number of notes:139771

3694.0. "Pointer for NEC-ACOS 1520 Connectivity" by DAIVC::BROTO (Obstacles are opportunities) Tue Feb 14 1995 05:57

    Hi All,
           
    Currently, I am preparing a proposal for a big project in Indonesia
    (worth USD 35M). One of the key issues is connectivity with NEC
    mainframe using ACOS 1520. We will purpose several AlphaServer 2100
    with DEC OSF/1.
    
    The feature that are required:
        Basic:
    	- File Trasfer
    	- Terminal Emulation
    	Advance:
    	- File Server
    	- Process to Process Comunnication.
    
    Could somebody give me a poiter: person, notes etc, so I can receive any
    information about this. We cannot get information in Indonesia because
    we are competing agains NEC, but we have a better acceptance in the
    user point of view.
    
    Any information will be highly appreciated.
    
    Best regards,
    
    Broto
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3694.1OSI or TCP/IP are the likely optionsVMSVTP::S_WATTUMOSI Applications Engineering, WestTue Feb 14 1995 09:3711
Without knowing what sort of protocols the NEC machine supports, it's
going to be difficult to provide additional information.

However, in general, it comes down to two choices:  OSI or TCP/IP
Many vendors support both protocol stacks, and it may be even more likely
in the pacific rim that OSI would be the protocol of choice.

DEC OSF/1 offers both options.  For additional information on DECnet/OSI
for OSF/1, I would suggest the conference on NOTED::DNU_OSI

--Scott
3694.2TCP/IP and SNATKOV50::SA_SUZUKITime for Change!!!Sun Feb 19 1995 18:2421
	Broto,

	I don't know ACOS1520. 
	If the OS is ACOS4, we usually use TCP/IP for file transfer and 
	SNA for terminal emulation in Japan.

	If you don't need terminal emulation of ACOS, you should use
	TCP/IP(FTP) because SNA products on ACOS are NOT a formal products
	in NEC. If customers request SNA strongly, NEC uses SNA. And those
	SNA products are NOT popular in NEC. Most of Japanese users and
	NEC people don't know them. 
	
	And remember ACOS is NOT an IBM euivalent computer. So ACOS's SNA
	products are emulators of SNA. This measn there are some restrictions.
	In Japan, I know 3 installed based where Digital's SNA Gateway 
	products are used. 


	Satoshi Suzuki/DEC-Japan