[geeks] IBM 3151 terminal emulator for the iPhone?

Dave Fischer dave at cca.org
Thu May 28 14:25:37 CDT 2009


jon at jonworld.com writes:

>On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 1:20 PM, Chad McAuley <chizad at gmail.com> wrote:

>> Just got a request from one of my users asking if it'd be possible to get
>> an iPhone set up to access our business system, which requires an IBM 3151
>> terminal emulator (including function keys). My gut feeling and some quick
>> STFWing leads me to believe the software I'm looking for doesn't exist, but
>> I figure if anyone would know it'd probably be you guys.  Does such a beast
>> exist in a form that doesn't involve jailbreaking or anything of that sort?

>I'm greatly amused by this request. More than I should be.

>Closest I can find is this: http://www.mochasoft.dk/iphone_tn3270.htm

All the 3151's I've seen were hanging off big RS/6000s.

Serial, ASCII, has a VT100 mode, nothing to do with 3270s.

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