3270 emulator

3270 emulator

A 3270 Emulator is a computer program that duplicates the functions of an IBM 3270 mainframe computer terminal on a PC or similar microcomputer.

As the original 3270 series terminals were connected to the host computer using coaxial cable, emulators required coax adapter cards to be installed in the PC. Today, many emulators communicate with the mainframe computer through the TN3270 variant of the Telnet protocol common on TCP/IP networks including the Internet, so special hardware is no longer required.

Products

In 1983, IBM marketed the IBM 3270 PC, a bundled package including a PC, 3270 emulation software and coax interface card.

3270 emulators were (and are still) available from many third-party vendors. Some solutions permitted a coax interface to be shared by workstations in a LAN.

Common brands include(d)

* [http://www-01.ibm.com/software/network/pcomm/ Personal Communications] by IBM.
* EXTRA! and Reflection by Attachmate
* [http://www.cleo.com/products/tn3270e.php Cleo TN3270] by Cleo Communications
* IRMA by DCA
* [http://www.sdisw.com/ TN3270 Plus] by SDI
* [http://www.nexit.com/ Nexus Terminal] by Nexus Integration
* [http://www.clerity.com/ UniKix J3270] by Clerity Solutions Inc.
* [http://www.futuresoft.com/ DynaComm] by FutureSoft Inc.
* [http://www.oc.com/ Visual 3270] by OpenConnect Systems Inc.
* [http://www.aton.com/products Aton Connect] by Aton International, Inc.
* [http://mochasoft.dk/iphone_tn3270.htm TN3270 for iPhone and iPod] by Mochasoft Apps.

ee also

*Terminal emulator
*SNA
*SDLC


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