Dave's TN3270 page

"Of all da TN3270 emulators, hooked up to all da TCP/IP networks,
hooked up to all da mainframes, in all da world,
she had to connect to mine."

"Execute that batch job. You know the one. Execute it [again] Sam."

--Humphrey Bogart
(paraphrasing from Casablanca)

TN3270 clients have replaced 3270 "dumb" terminals for accessing IBM mainframes. It's rare that you see a real 3270 terminal anymore, let alone purchase one. This is a collection of links to TN3270 products and information on the web that I aware of:

3270 terminal emulators
TN3270 general information
TN3270 FAQ

Dave's TN3270 page IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

3270 terminal emulators:

Here is a list of TN3270 clients that are known to me. These links should not been seen as an endorsement of any of these products and are in no particular order:

JollyGiant	QWS3270 PLUS
IBM	Personal Communications
Tom Brennan Software	Vista tn3270
Attachmate	myExtra
SDI	TN3270 Plus
ICOM	DI3270 MultiProtocol Workstation (MPWS)
MurkWorks	TN3270 Terminal Emulator for Windows CE HPC
Esker, Inc	SmarTerm 3270/5250
Hummingbird	HostExplorer
Mochasoft	Mocha W32 TN3270
NetManage	Rumba
I/O Concepts	Win-Direct TN3270E
LogNet Systems	LogNet Emulation
Nexus Integration	Nexus Mainframe Terminal
Newhart Systems	Blues for Windows
SEAGULL corp	BlueZone Terminal Emulator
UniPress	PowerTerm InterConnect
WRQ	Reflection for IBM
EmTec	ZOC
Zephyr	PASSPORT PC TO HOST Terminal Emulation Software
TPS	TPS©/TN3270 Client
DataBeast	dataComet Macintosh Telnet/TN3270 application
Century Software	TinyTERM Plus Edition
Pericom	teemtalk
Forvus	Forvus Emulator
HOB	HOBLink 3270
Platypus Partners	JET 3270
DCSi	E-Term
Distinct Corporation	Distinct IntelliTerm
ICOM	Winsurf Mainframe
DN-Computing	Quick3270
IBM	WebSphere Host On-Demand
ERICOM	PowerTerm InterConnect
Celview	Celview mainframe edition

All trademarks are owned by the respective companies.

Freeware 3270 emulators

tn3270 for the Macintosh

tn3270 for Unix (recommend x3270 instead)

x3270 - IBM 3270 terminal emulator for the X Window System. It runs on most Unix-like operating systems -- e.g., Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, and Cygwin.

Please email me with any updates, suggestions, revisions, etc.

For another list, see the TN3270.COM client list

Information links:

3270 EHLLAPI product from Gens Software.
Extended High Level Language Application Programming Interface (EHLLAPI)

This API is widely used to build interfaces to IBM 3270-based applications. It is supported by all major 3270 emulation vendors, including Attachmate, IBM, Rumba, Simware, Wall Data, Zephyr Development and others.
Good-bye 3270 (from the Univerity of Florida)
TN3270.COM - "a repository of information about the telnet standards for 3270 client to server communications."
What is 3270 emulation? (from Indiana University)
X3270 and Linux
Are you connecting to a VM system using TN3270? Check out Pointer Enabled Tools for VM/CMS. The author of PETS also wrote an article: "PETs - Adding Windows and Mouse Clickability to 3270 VM/CMS Applications" for the Rexx Language Association Newsletter.
You could point your news reader to newsgroup bit.listserv.tn3270-l (not very active!) but you'll have better luck subscribing to the IBMTCP mailing list. To do this:
Send an email to listserv@vm.marist.edu with "sub IBMTCP-L your name" in the body of the email
IBM resources:
- eNetwork Communications Server for OS/390
- Telnet 3270 (TN3270) (includes chosing TN3270 clients and servers) BAD LINK - need new one
- Network Utility TN3270E Server
- Distributing TN3270 Servers
- IBM's TCP/IP for VM Home Page
- TN3270E Support in VM TCP/IP 310
MVS Console access via TN3270!
- DI3270 Comm Server from Data Interface Systems Corp
- MVS Console Consolidation via Win-Direct Console Consolidation or X-Direct Console Consolidation
Humor: TELNET TV cartoon

prog•ress (n.):: The process through which MVS has evolved from smart people in front of dumb terminals to dumb people in front of smart terminals.
-- obs@burnout.demon.co.uk (obscurity)