There's actually a piece of software you run on MVS that exports the datasets as RMS files. The SNA networking is handled (I believe) by the SNA layered product on VMS. sampsa On 15 Jan 2013, at 02:47, Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> wrote: On 14 Jan 2013, at 19:45, sampsa at mac.com wrote: I just got the idea from reading the DECNET manuals about interfacing with IBM systems. I personally am a total noob when it comes to MVS, I've got the the Turnkey distribution running somewhere but I don't really know anything about it. http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/12_2/ibm/configuration/guide/bcfsnasw_p… Seems I might be able to do something about this Dave and Peter would probably need to help if we go the Cisco route. ;) But is SNA a protocol suite in a manner similar to DECnet? sampsa On 15 Jan 2013, at 02:43, Gregg Levine <gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com> wrote: On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 7:41 PM, <sampsa at mac.com> wrote: Has anybody tried to set this up? I think it'd be nifty if we had say Hercules with MVS connected to HECnet.. sampsa Hello! Yes it would. But which version of that turkey? And it would need to be a guest of VM to make it work properly. ----- Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."