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IBM 3270/5250 Emulator for NeoLinux What are IBM 3270 and 5250 emulations? Instead of using dedicated text terminals to access applications running on IBM AS/400® computers and IBM S/390® computers, customers can use terminal emulation software to communicate to those host computers. The terminal emulation software communicates to the host computers by mimicking the display of the original text terminals, (on the client device) and mimicking the behavior of the text terminal with respect to data exchanged with the host computer. IBM® developed this IBM 3270/5250 emulator software package originally for IBM Network Station thin clients, and later ported it for IBM NetVista N2200 and N2800 thin clients. Unique among the various 3270/5250 emulator software packages available today, only this one was developed at IBM by IBM 3270/5250 programmers. How do I know which emulation I need? IBM 5250 emulation mode is used to access IBM AS/400® applications. IBM 3270 emulation mode is used to access IBM S/390® applications. IBM 3270/5250 Emulator Setup Wizard Creating an IBM 3270/5250 Emulator connection 1 In the Add Connection dialog, select IBM Emulator Terminal Connection from the drop-down menu. When finished, click OK. 2 In the Specify Name, Server, and Emulation dialog, enter a name for your connection, the name or lP address of a server where you will connect, and the emulation you plan to use. When finished, click Next or Finish. 92 IBM 3270/5250 Emulator Setup Wizard

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IBM 3270/5250 Emulator for NeoLinux
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IBM 3270/5250 Emulator Setup Wizard
What are IBM 3270
and 5250
emulations?
Instead of using dedicated text terminals to access applications run-
ning on IBM AS/400
®
computers and IBM S/390
®
computers, cus-
tomers can use terminal emulation software to communicate to those
host computers. The terminal emulation software communicates to the
host computers by mimicking the display of the original text terminals,
(on the client device) and mimicking the behavior of the text terminal
with respect to data exchanged with the host computer.
IBM
®
developed this IBM 3270/5250 emulator software package
originally for IBM Network Station thin clients, and later ported it for
IBM NetVista N2200 and N2800 thin clients. Unique among the vari-
ous 3270/5250 emulator software packages available today, only this
one was developed at IBM by IBM 3270/5250 programmers.
How do I know
which emulation I
need?
IBM 5250
emulation mode is used to access IBM AS/400
®
applica-
tions.
IBM 3270
emulation mode is used to access IBM S/390
®
applica-
tions.
IBM 3270/5250 Emulator Setup Wizard
Creating an IBM
3270/5250
Emulator
connection
1
In the Add Connection
dialog, select IBM Emu-
lator Terminal Connec-
tion from the drop-down
menu. When finished,
click
OK
.
2
In the Specify Name,
Server, and Emulation
dialog, enter a name for your connection, the name or lP address of
a server where you will connect, and the emulation you plan to use.
When finished, click
Next
or
Finish
.