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The number of WWW sites that offer AS/400 information and services is growing. In fact, it may grow too dang fast for e-sources to keep up. But it doesn't matter because they're very web-connected and you can find new sites easily.
IBM WEB SITESIBM's AS/400 on the Internet (Rochester) IBM's AS/400 on the Internet (IBM AS/400) Server: AS/400 running I/Net's Web Server/400 v1.1
OTHER WEB SITESDescription: Martin Taylor, of the Univ of Tenn's Administrative Information Systems Dept. has provided a place for user groups to put their home pages. You'll also find web links to IBM pages and other vendors. User groups with home pages at University of Tennessee WWW Server: East Tennessee User's Group (Knoxville, TN) Data Processing Management Association (Knoxville, TN) DC Area Midrange User's Group Piedmont Midrange User Groups (Greenville, SC) Triangle Midrange User's Group Minneapolis/St Paul Midrange User's Group (QUSER) Piedmont PC User's Group (Greenville, SC) Los Angeles User's Group (FOCUS) Coming soon: The San Fernando Valley Midrange User's Group (SMUG)
Other User Groups on the WWW Description: This is a long list of user groups around the world covering all forms of computing.
The Midrange Resources on the Web
Description: David Gibbs, the web master, is also owner of the popular
Midrange-L mail list.
The People of the Midrange-L List Description: Jim Blizard, of Otter Space Software and Midrange-L user, has provided a place for subscribers to the Midrange-L list to place photos of themselves. Photos in .GIF or .JPG format can be uploaded to ftp.otterspace.com/incoming and a note should be e-mailed to Jim Blizard
VENDOR WEB SITESDescription: Product information, employment opportunities. ASi offers PKZIP for AS/400 and other software products.
Description: Product information, Technology Mart, and Webserver
services. ATS markets the I-Net Web Server/400 software with education
and AS/400 systems and software. Has monthly $1000 drawing.
Note: This website is an AS/400 running Web Server/400 v1.1.
Some of the web pages are dynamically-created by CGI scripts written
in RPG (called with CLPs) and some of the source code is viewable.
Other .htm and .gif files are served from the Integrated File System
(OS/400 V3R1). ATS will provide more examples of AS/400 Internet and
WWW applications as they are built. Description: BOS offers 5250 emulation and gateway products, and a green-screen to GUI conversion tool called MorphMaster. Description: Blue Vision, Inc. offers web page and hosting services as well as green-screen to GUI conversion services. Description: Cardinal sells hardware and aoftware to AS/400s in the United Kingdom. Cardinal has also offered its Internet site as a host for AS/400 freeware and shareware. See the FTP entry in this file.
Description: ExperNet is trying an interesting new expert-brokerage service that will operate mostly through the Internet. Their goal is "to be an IT customer's virtual IS organization" through their Knowledge Networking Services: "Our service links IT Experts to customers to provide an answer for a specific question, advice on a particular IT topic, or a long term consulting relationship." They're currently accepting applicants with knowledge areas ranging from specific products and implementation experience, to management consultants and contributing editors. "ExperNet was founded in 1994 by David Gilmour, former acting CEO of Versant Object Technologies and V.P. of Lotus Development, and Gideon Gartner, founder of the highly successful Gartner Group. David and Gideon s vision was to create a new class of information provider capable of capitalizing on an exploding worldwide demand from corporate users of information technology for high quality, on-demand information about IT. ExperNet s business objective is to address this need at a previously unavailable low price point which is consistent with mass distribution and availability." Server: AS/400 running I/NET's Web Server/400 v1.1 Description: Product information and services. There are several working examples of Web Server/400's ability to access source members, database file members (physical and logical), html files in the IFS, and spool files. Description: Marcam provides software solutions primarily for the manufacturing industry. Description: MediaLink offers a downloadable working demo version of its QuickCode product, a DOS-based RPG/CL/DDS editor.
Description: NaSPA, Inc. is "a not-for-profit association operating as a Business League. NaSPA publishes Technical Support {magazine} with a readership of approximately 45,000 readers residing in almost 70 countries world wide". Their magazine occasionally touches on the AS/400 and their job placement service usually has some AS/400 offers. Description: NetSoft offers a long list of "PC-to-IBM mainframe and PC-to-IBM AS/400 client/server software solutions for Windows, Windows NT, Windows 95, OS/2 and DOS. Description: New MMI (Williamsport, PA) markets PC's, peripherals, and accessories. Server: AS/400 running I/NET's Web Server/400. Description: OWL makes and sells training videos with topics covering operations, programming, and end-user products for AS/400 or Windows platforms. Description: ProHelp specializes in "products and services for the IBM AS/400, networks, and personal computers. Whether you need a software product at a competitive price, one-source shopping for a complete system, or complex systems integration services, our Professionals can Help!" Information about thei Forms Overlay Manager product, FORMAgic, is available here. Description: "Results InterNational, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio is a market leader in business process design and quality engineering. We utilize our skills in workflow analysis, process/procedures simplification, expense reduction as well as productivity and quality improvement techniques to provide the framework for smooth, efficient and quality conscious company operations." Description: Software 2000 provides hardware and software solutions in manufacturing, materials mgmt, human resources, and financials.
Description: According to information supplied to e-sources by David
Brown "Storage Computer Corporation("SCC" or "StorComp") designs, manufactures and sells standards-based, high performance, fault tolerant storage solutions critical to success in client/server, on-line transaction processing (OLTP), large database, multimedia, video-on-demand and high volume imaging applications. SCC markets products based on its patented RAID 7 technology. This technology incorporates several proprietary architectural features, such as an asynchronous hardware design and a real-time embedded operating system, that permit storage systems which offer speed and fault tolerance at a competitive price/performance ratio compared to others available on the market."
Server: PS/2 DX2 66 running O'Reilly's Website for Windows NT "Wall Data Incorporated develops, markets and supports connectivity software products and associated application tools for Windows, Windows NT and OS/2 users. In 1989, Wall Data introduced the first PC-to-host connectivity package created for the graphical Windows environment. Today, Wall Data's RUMBA software products give PC users in business organizations easy access to and use of applications and data residing in the corporate enterprise network."
WRQ produces a connectivity software, notably "Reflection", for various computing platforms: "Reflection for the AS/400 -- 5250 emulation over Client Access, PC Support, NetWare for SAA, NS/Router, or TCP/IP; MS-SNA server option".
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