APPLICATION NOTE ~,:
RP!l40N
;COMMuNICATIONS & INTERFACE' !DEVICE,S APRIL 1983';::~';I~p~dgt~m:S':~~en't~?ne.d .. Jri:rthe~following tex·t,;·ar,e !kl)O~h:to' \!te' ':,available
fO~,'~u$e 0,\1, t1;1e"S~E II 'and ,'SAGE IV comP\l'ter':sys"t._~.: Fu,rther:details, can _1?e"'obt~ined":f*oil<'the' Vendors producirtg::the 'prodtlct o,:SAG'E,does not cur;r.~~tlY:; d:1.,stribute ~.', these products bat"wl11 welcQ~,:. comm~ntsas to their' effecttv.~ness "and general pricing. '
Tl;e~:~ft~cbed ,li,st{$) '&'j;e by no means complete., SAGE:welcomes additionst
bopefll11yw:ttp, sp~eifl.cs on how the prog~am (or .. de!llce). W8,8., used *
Plel1se'
seho"wRtTTENinfbrmation to the ~PLICATIONS:::d,~artm~nt.Remote Communie·ation~ ~
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Remote, Communications refers to communieattons with ~llotq~r, ~OIIlputer or
¥,vi~~over a phone line, private Ittte't- or other, trantni;~"~,~Q.p. ,inedia. It (tf.",t,)'~~calJY accomplished with the .SAG! 4!ompute,~· by: q'orttjec.ting '"the appropriate d'eviClf
to
one of the se(1.1 'Pl)t'ts.th,-e. ey.:p'e.
O:fie,,{ee
connected depend$ 1llalnly on th~, system on the other en'd ~'f. tl)e ~:i..re and the type of protocols invQl ved. MQDE,MS are devlees w~\i~ll >{tit~rfac.e the computer' to the telepbone signals required for phorte l~Jle .ttanStii1ss'ion 1 » . PROTOCOL CONVERTERS are devices whicb CQtlvet't onetyp,
);f eomputer. ttaIismission to anotber type-' of computer signal. TIlese cQriyer~er,s.,ate
g~tieT.aily. needed wh~n talking to S01JLe . i n frame systems~\lCh
as, :IBM
~her~ the MG! RS232' s ignal$ mus t be conv,erted ~() IBM BSC.l1any
differentt,ypes of
d-evices are$vailable. The OQ;el>~st /slli ted fortoe,
~.s~r appllcatfon'c'an
be determin&d onlY'if the. ,re:q:ui,rem.ents ofbotb c'o#~te'rs is 'k.li'O\tnl'., The interface equlpftle-nt: ,venoo;rs :a!l'e oftentbe bestsour'ce
for deterl1t'i.n.fngwbat equipment is needed.. ',Once. the h~r'dwa're 'specffics have been .d·etet'11d.n~dt' 'soft.are ,'dlU'9t be ,'~1iosen ,(9r "~ltten)to
run
it. Again. "the ;11of.,tW(1.re.vendors can best.describe 'thei'r 'p'roduct1n terms of the end 'uset'~$~pplitati~n.
REMOTE COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAMS:
The USUS (p-System Users group) distributes source of various terminal emulation programs which are being used to talk to" electronic mail services such as Telemail and CompuServe~' These PASCAL programs must be compiled and linked to run. They are shlp'ped "AS IS" with no warantee or support provided. ~f the user is npt. familiar with the details of remote communications, setting this up m~y be time consuming. To acquire these programs, (and others) join USUS by sending $20 to address given. (In-formation may be slow returning to you.) Once you have sent in your dues, order Vol. 15 from the SAGE distributor.
USUS
P.O. BOX 1148 LaJolla, Ca 92038 Chuck Butler
1708 Fair St.
Mankato, MN. 56001
$20
(507) 388-7019 USUS distributor for SAGE
Specify 40 or 80 track diskettes. $8 per 3 vol on a SAGE diskette.
Commercial communications packages are:
MicroStrategies Inc.
359 Village St.
Millas, MA 02054
TleOM (213) 827-7118
13470 WASHINGTON BLVD., SUITE 207 MARINA DEL REY, CA 90291
LOGOS (201) 782-1533 RD5 BOX 114B
FLEMINGTON, NJ 08833 JRS (916) 756-6582 200 B ST. f16
DAVIS, CA 95616
Andrew Holupka (412) 337-6080 Automation Products Int.
Fifth Ave. and Ninth St.
New Kensington, PA 1506R
COMLINK $ 75
REMCOM $ 95
FORCOMM $125
AlP $200
Communications
Consulting Specialist
INTERCONNECTION DEVICES:
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l1ULTIPLEXERS AND PORT CONTENDERS:
ComLink Inc.
2238 McLaren Drive Roseville, Ca 95678 BLACK BOX
P.O. BOX 12800
PITTSBURGH, PA 15241 VIA WEST, INC
534 N.STONE AVE.
TUCSON, AZ 85705 ATTACH TO SNA/SDLC PORT:
PROTOCOL COMPUTERS, INC.
6150 Cnaoga Ave. Suite 100 Woodland Hills, CA 91367 ATTACH TO A IBM-BSe PORT:
BMC INTERNATIONAL
20610 MANHATTAN PLACE SUITE 112 TORRANCE, CA 90501
ALMOST ANYTHING TO ANYTHING ELSE
(916) 786-3445
(412) 746-2910
(602) 623-5716
(800) 423-5904
(213)-320-9880
(RS232 RS422 V.35 , RS422 , BURROUGHS TD1, RS449 , EIA/LOOP , IEEE488) BLACK BOX
P.O. BOX 12800
PITTSBURGH, PA 15241 VIA WEST, INC
534 N.STONE AVE.
TUCSON, AZ 85705
(412)746-2910
(602) 623-5716
RS232 TO FULL DUPLEX 4-WlRE LINES (For short haul modems);
BO-SHERREL CO.
6101 JARVIS AVENUE.
NEWARK,CA94560
(415) 792-0354
RS232 TO DIFFERENTIAL (up to 1500 feet) RACON INC
12628 INTERURBAN AVE.SO SEATTLE,WA 98168 IEEE488 to other (RS422, RS232)
CABLES:
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS 12109 TECHNOLOGY BLVD.
AUSTIN, TEXAS 78759
Support Systems, International 150 SOUTH SECOND ST.
TICHMOND, CA 94804
(512)250 9119
