TCPaccess
Encyclopedia
TCPaccess is a software product which implements the TCP/IP protocol suite on IBM
mainframe
computers using the MVS
operating system. It was developed in 1986 by Advanced Computer Communications under the name ACCES/MVS,
and was the first commercial TCP/IP implementation for MVS mainframes. It is usually associated with Interlink Computer Sciences
, which developed and marketed the product from 1990 until 1999, and is frequently referred to as "the Interlink stack".
The product was marketed by Cisco Systems
as Cisco IOS
for S/390. It is currently offered by Computer Associates as Unicenter TCPaccess Communications Server.
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
mainframe
Mainframe computer
Mainframes are powerful computers used primarily by corporate and governmental organizations for critical applications, bulk data processing such as census, industry and consumer statistics, enterprise resource planning, and financial transaction processing.The term originally referred to the...
computers using the MVS
MVS
Multiple Virtual Storage, more commonly called MVS, was the most commonly used operating system on the System/370 and System/390 IBM mainframe computers...
operating system. It was developed in 1986 by Advanced Computer Communications under the name ACCES/MVS,
and was the first commercial TCP/IP implementation for MVS mainframes. It is usually associated with Interlink Computer Sciences
Interlink Computer Sciences
Interlink Computer Sciences, of Fremont, California, was a developer of hardware and software that allowed IBM mainframe computers running the MVS operating system to be connected to non-IBM networks....
, which developed and marketed the product from 1990 until 1999, and is frequently referred to as "the Interlink stack".
The product was marketed by Cisco Systems
Cisco Systems
Cisco Systems, Inc. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in San Jose, California, United States, that designs and sells consumer electronics, networking, voice, and communications technology and services. Cisco has more than 70,000 employees and annual revenue of US$...
as Cisco IOS
Cisco IOS
Cisco IOS is the software used on the vast majority of Cisco Systems routers and current Cisco network switches...
for S/390. It is currently offered by Computer Associates as Unicenter TCPaccess Communications Server.
External links
- Cisco IOS for S/390 – From Cisco Systems.