tn3270 X recap ============== Just a point about the names of the 3270 emulators in this discussion.
The "Brown University 3270 emulator" that the OP was referring to is called "tn3270 X" (not x3270). It is also called "tn3270" ambiguously. tn3270 X supports Mac OS X 10.1 through macOS 10.14 Mojave using Apple's 32-bit Carbon API. tn3270 X does not support macOS 10.15 Catalina (GA October 2019) because Catalina does not support 32-bit programs. macOS 10.14 Mojave (GA September 2018) is still supported by Apple -- it had an update 10 weeks ago. EOS for 10.14 is September 2021. So hang on to Mojave if you've got it! Peter DiCamillo wrote tn3270 X in 2002, back when Mac OS X 10.1 and 10.2 were the latest Apple operating systems. Classic Mac tn3270 ================== tn3270 X's predecessor was the (also free) Brown University tn3270. It was written at Brown University 1988-1996 (by Peter DiCamillo himself IIRC) during the era of Macintosh System 6, and System 7 (aka Mac OS 7). It also works on the later Classic (i.e. non-UNIX) operating systems Mac OS 8 and Mac OS 9. The Classic Brown University tn3270 terminal emulator supported 3270 Programmed Symbol graphics, but that functionality wasn't carried forward to the later tn3270 X. If you have Apple PowerPC-based hardware running (no later than) Mac OS X 10.4 (e.g. an Apple PowerBook), then it will run the Classic tn3270 software seamlessly (by quietly running the Classic Mac OS 9 behind the scenes). There are a number of Classic Mac OS emulators around these days (most of them free), so if they include the old MacTCP component or its API then I guess you can still run the old Classic tn3270 emulator under a modern operating system (albeit indirectly). X3270 is free and supports macOS 10.15 Catalina =============================================== The OP accidentally mentioned x3270. x3270 runs under the X Window System (including on a Mac). It is free and is supported by Paul Mattes on the http://x3270.bgp.nu website (where you will also find the curses-based c3270 and the Windows-console based wc3270 terminal emulators). The x3270 wiki is at https://x3270.miraheze.org The source can be downloaded and compiled. Mac users can also find x3270 packages on Homebrew and Macports. The "X" in x3270 is for the X Window System, so don't forget to check that X11.app in your macOS Applications folder works. If necessary, download the Apple-approved X11.app at https://www.xquartz.org x3270 is pack jammed with good features (SSL support, scripting, screen-scraping, DBCS Chinese and Japanese support, IND$FILE support, named-LU support). My favorite feature is saving screenshots as html, which is compact, scalable, editable, and superior to other formats for Word documents or the web. Of course, x3270 is also runs well on X-Windows native systems like UNIX and Linux. _____________________________________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] > On Behalf of: Mark Regan <marktre...@gmail.com> > Sent: Monday, 30 March 2020 10:13:07 -0400 > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Free 3270 emulator for Mac OS > > What I ended up using was ZOC, since it supported the 64-bit version of the > MacOS. It cost US$ 79.99. Details at https://www.emtec.com/zoc/index.html > > Regards, > > *Mark T. Regan, K8MTR* > CTO1 USNR-Retired, 1969-1991 > Nationwide Insurance, Retired, 1986-2017 ____________________________________________________________ On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 10:03 AM Immo <i...@mikno.de> wrote: > Hi, > You can try JProtector from XPS. It is Java based so it runs on Mac OS. > But it is not free software. > > Michael > > --------------------Original Message---------------------- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] > On Behalf of: Peter <dbajava...@gmail.com> > Sent: Saturday, 28 March 2020 22:47:17 +0400 > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Free 3270 emulator for Mac OS > > Hello > > I have been using x3270 emulator from brown University and it works well > but it doesn't maximize to the full screen size. > > Is there a way or free alternative emulator which can be tried on Mac OS ? > > Peter ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
