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:

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
BlueZone Software 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
IPSwitch TNExplorer/TN2000
Hosakasoft Hosaka TN3270
Cybele Software z/Scope Terminal Emulator
Gallagher & RobertsonGlink for Windows
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:


    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)

    Last Updated: 2008-07-10
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