Re: Re: upcoming talks about hercules

"How do I join, what is the file transfer mechanism
(kermit?) and can it exchange the equivalent
of newsgroups, and do we have newsgroup
reading software available?"

Paul,

IBMs VNET is not a public network. You had to own a IBM mainframe to be in
it, and it is meant for productivity. Basically, the file transfer is via
RSCS or JES2/NJE and the 3780 BiSync protocol. There are no newsgroups and
no newsgroup software.

Ever since the Christmas tree worm, VNET has been very highly guarded.

Joe

On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 4:19 PM kerravon86-/[email protected] [hercules-390] <
[email protected]> wrote:

>
>
> ---In [email protected], <jbaten@...> wrote :
>
> > Since I could not find a mention about the
> > FreeXA initiative I thought I mention it here as well:
> > https://geronimo370.nl/freexa/
>
> This link says:
>
> "we revived a new VNET-type network of mainframes"
>
> This is the first I've heard of people linking
> our MVS 3.8j systems in a network. How
> do I join, what is the file transfer mechanism
> (kermit?) and can it exchange the equivalent
> of newsgroups, and do we have newsgroup
> reading software available?
>
> Thanks. Paul.
> 
>