[geeks] IBM 3151 terminal emulator for the iPhone?

[Lionel Peterson]

On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 3:25 PM, Dave Fischer <dave at cca.org> wrote:
> 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.

I think the issue is the unique arrangement/set of Fn keys on the keyboard.

Simple, serial ASCII isn't hard on the iPhone, the custom keypad might be...

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Lionel Peterson
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