You can configure the AS/400 with an optional token ring communications
subsystem. Each token ring adapter card supports up to 254 devices on the
ring. A Macintosh with an Apple TokenTalk NB Card can connect to a token
ring LAN and to the AS/400.
A Macintosh running TokenTalk can also communicate with an AS/400 using a
product that supports distributed sessions over AppleTalk networks. An
example of this is NetAxcess from Andrew Systems.
SNA*ps is fully compatible with the Apple TokenTalk NB Card. In fact, a
Macintosh with an Apple TokenTalk NB card can run as a SNA*ps APPC
Gateway. Legent Corporation (formerly by Spectrum Concepts) and Andrew Systems
developed products to take advantage of this SNA*ps APPC Gateway. MacXCOM 6.2
from Spectrum Concepts is fully compatible with SNA*ps APPC API and provides
Macintosh users with File Transfer, Remote AS/400 Job entry, and a Report
Writer. TokenAxcess from Andrew Systems allows a Macintosh in a token ring to
access the AS/400 as a 5250 workstation.
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Article Change History
23 July 1993 - Company title changed from Spectrum Concepts to Legent Corp.
9 February 1993 - Updated, spectrum Concepts acquired by Legent Corporation.