Re: [LINUX5250] IBM5250 for Linux, TN5250J

[al hutt <ahutt@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jack,

I stand corrected about IBM's 5250, which they now call iSeries Access 
for Linux. It does require an OS/400 license.

But TN5250J is downloaded as a jar. My startup script just runs it as 
any jar: (all one line)

/usr/local/j2re1.4.2_04/bin/java -classpath 
/usr/local/etc/jt400/jt400.jar -jar -mx48m 
/usr/local/tn5250j/tn5250j.jar -s EDIT -s USLIB -s BLLIB -s DAFFRON  -s 
SQL -s SPOOL -s MESSAGES -s BILLPRTAL3 -s BILLPRTDAF

The jt400 jar is only needed if you want the Upload/Download features.

It been complete enough for my needs for a year or two. It IS a bit 
sluggish and not suitable IMHO for high speed keying. But as a 
programmer, it works for me.

Not knocking anybody here, just curious if folks were aware of them...

Take Care..

al




Jack J. Woehr wrote:
> al hutt wrote:
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> > Just curious why this project exists when IBM has a very good 5250
> > emulator for Linux
>
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> Which I don't have, since I'm not an AS400 owner, just a timeshare renter.
>
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> > and TN5250J runs on any Java VM.
>
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> If you can get around to building it, which is non-trivial, in addition
> to which the TN5250J open source project shows some signs of neglect
> (check out the mail archives).