IBM 3270 terminal with 122-key keyboard

[Torinde]

IBM 3270 terminal with 122-key keyboard

[Fish-Git]

Since no one else has bothered to answer, I will try.

As far as I know, just about every IBM and non-IBM operating system supports 3270 display devices.

If your concern is which of them support real 3270 devices (i.e. real physical hardware devices), the answer is a bit more complicated.

Hercules's 3270 device support is provided via a TCP/IP telnet connection to a tn3270 (telnet) emulator client:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3270_emulator

I believe more than one of our users has managed to connect real physical 3270 devices to Hercules, but I personally do not know how they accomplished it, as it is outside the scope of Hercules.

I believe Jay Maynard, the maintainer of Hercules Aethra, may be one of those individuals who has accomplished it, so you might want to contact him.

A quick Google search uncovered the following web page which you may (or may not!) find useful that describes how one person managed to accomplish it:

• Connecting a Real IBM 3270 Terminal to an Emulated Mainframe with OEC

Hope that helps!

I am closing this issue as "WON'T FIX" as technically, while related to Hercules, does not really describe any type of issue or problem that needs to be corrected/fixed.

[Torinde]

Thanks!

I'm trying to find something that can utilize the 122 keys of the IBM 3270 PC, so that the emulation of those extra keys in DOSBox can be tested.

So far I found the following software to be run inside DOSBox (booting a relevant DOS/Windows version):

• IBM Personal Communications/3270, Version 2.0 (PLET # ZP )
• IBM PC 3270 Emulator Program, Entry Level Version 2.0 (PLET #ZP )
• Oracle (Sun?) JD Edwards World
• Do you have any other examples?

But there is nothing for those programs to connect to, so that's why I'm asking if the Hercules emulator will accept such inputs.