[NFBCS] Terminal emulation is 3270 emulation

Tue Feb 11 18:40:01 UTC 2020

Tracy,

If you have Windows 10, have you tried Narrator?

Regards
Louis Maher
Phone: 713-444-7838
E-mail ljmaher03 at outlook.com

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Subject: [NFBCS] Terminal emulation is 3270 emulation

Glen G reminds me that my kind of terminal emulation is 3270 emulation, just to clear up my sloppy terminology.
Tracy

> I am trying to access an IBM mainframe, and use TSO/ISPF on it.
> I'm a bit unclear about SSH, even after reading about it.  My boss 
> does have PuTTY, and tried getting into the mainframe with it, but he 
> said it showed the screens in a very strange way, with the whole 
> screen on 1 long line, if I understood him right.
>
> I'll ask him about Open SSH, but it may be the same as PuTTY.  He 
> knows more about this than I do.  I'm basically a mainframe 
> programmer.  The protocols that get me into the mainframe and let me 
> do my job don't mean much to me.
>
> Steve J has recommended some fonts, but my emulator doesn't have them.
> Tracy
>
>> Hello Tracy,
>>
>> If you are trying to access a Linux environment, JAWS supports putty 
>> and SecureCRT "https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vandyke.com%2Fproducts%2Fsecurecrt%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7C8b9baedfcbd94b12527108d7af1f8529%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637170422215918979&sdata=qwoipZWMFnvTDEhMqYIFGcEq0cMNmffyjGhIRUsmmNM%3D&reserved=0".
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>>
>> Regards
>> Louis Maher
>> Phone: 713-444-7838
>> E-mail ljmaher03 at outlook.com
>>
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>> Cc: Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>
>> Subject: [NFBCS] Terminal emulation
>>
>> I am really stuck.  Hummingbird works well, so long as I don't type.
>> Once
>> I start typing, according to Jaws, the font goes to no font, and Jaws 
>> can't find the cursor.
>> I called Jaws, and they just said to try a bunch of font sizes.  I 
>> did that, but it all works the same--typing turns to no font.
>>
>> I asked Jaws if changing the cursor dimensions through the setting 
>> center would help, and the gal said no.
>>
>> Hummingbird is what my coworkers are using, and it's so close to 
>> working for me, but not close enough.  I guess I'll have to try other 
>> software, when I can get someone with admin rights to install a demo copy for me.
>>
>> I'd welcome any ideas more useful than randomly changing fonts.
>> Tracy
>>
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