[jawsscripts] Re: FW: jaws version 6 vs 9 and mainframe access

Hi, Diana.
  I've been using JAWS on IBM mainframes through several generations of  mvs 
and os390 and have had good years and bad ones.
  Early on I used Attachmate Extra version 6.0 and eventually had to change 
my client a couple of times.
   The IBM HOD (host on demand) fat client works quite well with every 
generation of JAWS from 5.1 through 9 for me.  I also tested Rumba and it 
seemed to work well but since we already owned the HOD fat client there was 
really no benefit in buying something different.
  I've been using the generic terminal emulation scripts written by Glen 
Sepke but have modified them pretty substantially to meet my particular 
needs.
    I have been experiencing some instabilities with JAWS 9 at present but I 
think it is unrelated to the mainframe.  More likely it has to do with 
Outlook and the ever increasing layers of security and Mcafee enterprise.
   You might want to ask your it person to talk with Freedom Scientific tech 
support about the situation.  One thing which can give problems is if the 
video drivers  are not working well with the video chaining manager. 
Sometimes a video driver update and a re-install of JAWS can improve things 
a lot.
  As Kenneth mentioned, you do need to use a blinking underline cursor.  In 
the configuration manager there are cursor settings such as how long Jaws 
will spend waiting for things to stablize which can improve performance  Try 
increasing that substantially.  It won't be a timing difference you will 
subjectively notice very much but it may improve how well JAWS works.
   I can probably find an unmodified copy of Glen's scripts for you and send 
them off list if you like.  Probably won't happen till Saturday but can do 
if you wish.

Regards,
Wayne
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Diana Holzhauser" <diana.holzhauser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 1:05 PM
Subject: [jawsscripts] FW: jaws version 6 vs 9 and mainframe access


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> I work for the Arkansas department of information systems. I use JAWS to
> accesss the IBM OS3090 mainframe. The emulator we use is attachmate
> extra 8.0. I continue to have the following problems with my PC.  I
> currently am using a PC that has version 6.0 of Jaws.  I also hav an
> older version of the Microsoft products while the rest of my coworkers
> have been upgraded on these products.  I have been having a problem with
> my machine locking up....I  have times when I cannot access the computer
> drives and times when Ihave problems accessing the mainframe.
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> Our It specialist has another PC that she has loaded with version 9.0 of
> Jaws.  I have done some work with this PC and it has problems accessing
> the Mainframe.
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> So I have a problem in that my current machine has problems and I can't
> go to any upgraded PC because it has problems too.....This is impacting
> my ability to do my job.
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> I am trying to find out If there are other mainframe programmers who can
> suggest solutions. Thanks!
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