Brown University tn3270 X is a terminal emulation program for connecting to computers which use IBM 3270 terminals. Major features of the emulation include color, extended highlighting, support for different screen and font sizes, and SSL support.
This is a list of notable terminal emulators. Most used terminal emulators on Linux and Unix-like systems are GNOME Terminal on GNOME and GTK-based environments, Konsole on KDE, and xfce4-terminal on Xfce as well as xterm.
- 1Character-oriented terminal emulators
- 1.1Unix-like
- 1.1.2Graphical
- 1.1Unix-like
- 2Block-oriented terminal emulators
Character-oriented terminal emulators[edit]
Unix-like[edit]
Command-line interface[edit]
- Linux console – implements a large subset of the VT102 and ECMA-48/ISO 6429/ANSI X3.64 escape sequences.
The following terminal emulators run inside of other terminals, utilizing libraries such as Curses and Termcap:
- GNU Screen – Terminal multiplexer with VT100/ANSI terminal emulation
- Minicom – text-based modem control and terminal emulation program for Unix-like operating systems
- tmux – Terminal multiplexer with a feature set similar to GNU Screen
Graphical[edit]
X/Wayland[edit]
Terminal emulators used in combination with X Window System and Wayland
- xterm – standard terminal for X11
- GNOME Terminal – default terminal for GNOME with native Wayland support
- guake – drop-down terminal for GNOME
- konsole – default terminal for KDE
- xfce4-terminal – default terminal for Xfce with drop-down support
- mrxvt – rxvt clone with additional features (latest version is 2008-09-10)
- Terminology – enhanced terminal supportive of multimedia and text manipulation for X11 and Linux framebuffer
- Tilda – A drop down terminal
- Yakuake – (Yet Another Kuake), a dropdown terminal for KDE
Apple macOS[edit]
Terminal emulators used on macOS
- Terminal – default macOS terminal
- iTerm2 – open-source terminal specifically for macOS
- xterm – default terminal when X11.app starts
- SyncTERM – includes serial line terminal
- ZTerm – serial line terminal
Apple Classic Mac OS[edit]
Microsoft Windows[edit]
- ConEmu – local terminal window that can host console application developed either for WinAPI (cmd, powershell, far) or Unix PTY (cygwin, msys, wsl bash)
- HyperACCESS (commercial) and HyperTerminal (included free with Windows XP and earlier, but not included with Windows Vista and later)
- mintty – Cygwin terminal
- Windows Console – Windows command line terminal
Microsoft MS-DOS[edit]
- Qmodem and Qmodem Pro
IBM OS/2[edit]
- ZOC – discontinued support for OS/2
Commodore Amiga[edit]
Commodore 64[edit]
Block-oriented terminal emulators[edit]
Emulators for block-oriented terminals, primarily IBM 3270, but also IBM 5250 and other non-IBM terminals.
Coax/Twinax connected[edit]
These terminal emulators are used to replace terminals attached to a host or terminal controller via a coaxial cable (coax) or twinaxial cabling (twinax). They require that the computer on which they run have a hardware adapter to support such an attachment.
- RUMBA 3270 and 5250
tn3270/tn5250[edit]
These terminal emulators connect to a host using the tn3270 or tn5250 protocols, which run over a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connection.
- x3270 – IBM 3270 emulator for X11 and most Unix-like systems[1]
- c3270 – IBM 3270 emulator for running inside a vt100/curses emulator for most Unix-like systems[1]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
External links[edit]
- The Grumpy Editor's guide to terminal emulators, 2004
- Comprehensive Linux Terminal Performance Comparison, 2007
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3270 emulation is a communications standard that allows a remoteterminal such as a Windows, Mac OS X, or Mac OSworkstation to communicate with an IBM or IBM-compatiblemainframe. 3270 emulation on your workstation allows you full accessto mainframe applications (such as FAMS, BARS, or FOCUS at IndianaUniversity). Without the proper 3270 software configured correctly,you will not be able to access certain applications or perform certainfunctions. Also, specific keyboard mapping is required for some tasksthat can be provided only by the correct configuration of 3270software.
Host Explorer (within the Hummingbird communications package) providesTN3270 connectivity to IBM hosts via a TCP/IPconnection. Host Explorer is a popular cost-effective emulationprogram that utilizes the TN3270 protocol standard, enablinghigh-performance connectivity between IBM mainframe systems andnetworked computers running DOS or Windows.
Brown University's TN3270 clientprovides TN3270 connectivity for Mac OS X and Mac OS computers via aTCP/IP connection.
Note: For Windows users, UITS recommendsHost Explorer 9.0 for 3270 emulation, which is available fromIUware Online from the Communication menu. For MacOS X, use Brown University's TN3270 client version 3.1.6. Use version2.5b5 for Mac OS 9.1 and earlier. Both are available from the BrownUniversity TN3270Web site.