On Fri, 20 Nov 2020 23:53:41 +0000, "Vince Coen" <vbcoen@...>
wrote:
Hi all,
I am reading this thread about 3270 terminal emulators and remembered
one emulator that I have not read any comment about. I don't even know
if it works as expected or not. Being a free software, so very
afordable (?), perhaps could be an option for some one here:
I use x3270 on Linux and am well served, I think, but anyway that one
could be an option.
On 20/11/2020 20:28, Jeffrey Melton via groups.io wrote:
Hi Jeff,
I know now that the problem is likely because of the version of the
RPF originally in v8 of TK4- is very old, and probably not the
emulator... I'm going to install latest version of RPF on my TK4-
tonight and see if the display works well.
But for the record, the emulator I'm using is wx3270, which is the
windows flavor of the same family as the linux x3270 emulator. Wiki
page is here...
The wx3270, x3270, vista etc are all terminal programs that emulate
the original IBM dumb terminals (VDU and keyboard).
Hercules is the 'emulator' which emulates the IBM mainframe hardware
that you run MVS under.
No I do not use such a long screen as I thought that max sizing is 80
x 43 (Model 4) or 132 x 27 (model 5).
Going above these could result in the system not playing nice and I
am not sure the the model 5 is supported any way - try the model 5
settings and see.
I cannot remember where the sizes are set up but they are in one of
the MVS system param files
.
Vincent
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Granted, it's alpha software, but it has the classic 3270 font
built in, the font automatically scales if I maximize the screen
size, it allows for customized screen sizes beyond M2-M5, and I've
found it to be pretty decent so far.? Better than the wc3270 at any
rate...? I also like Tom Brennan's Vista 3270 version 2 which
allows for scalable screen size/custom fonts as well, but Tom
earlier advised me that his V2 is dead-end.? I really want to use a
free/reasonably priced emulator that can cope well with screens
larger than 80X24 if at all possible (putty/mintty have spoiled me
that way!).? Just curious, how much does IBM Personal
Communications cost?
Roxo
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