Re: 5250 client for Macs

[Michael Ryan <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx>]

I also use Parallels for any Windows processing I want to do on my
Mac...like WDSc and such. I also have iSeries Access on there, so I use that
when I'm in the environment. If I just need a quick green screen sessions, I
use Mochasoft. I also have Mochasoft on my iPhone.

On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 3:57 AM, Simon Coulter <shc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> On 23/07/2009, at 2:22 PM, Booth Martin wrote:
>
> > There are several highly visible midrange gurus who use Mac
> > laptops.  It
> > occurs to me that there must be a 5250 client that they use/prefer?
>
> The cheapest is Mochasoft--but you get what you pay for. It's a very
> basic emulator.
>
> There are some complete implementations specifically for the Mac. Try:
>
>        http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=mac+5250+emulator
>
> See the MacOrchard link in the resulting list.
>
> On my PowerBook (Power PC chip) I use Virtual PC with PC5250 but it's
> very slow. When Connectix owned it it had an acceptable speed (slow
> but usable). After Microsoft bought it it became very slow--almost
> unusable. Interestingly, I noticed that VirtualPC running a base
> installation of Win2K ran quite fast but after loading the latest W2K
> service pack it ran like a three-legged dog. Not my imagination--I
> could reliably reproduce the behaviour.
>
> I also have an iMac desktop system (Intel chip) on which I use
> Parallels with PC5250. This is easily fast enough to use as a WinDOS
> system although I run very little in it except PC5250, testing with
> IE, and the occasional VPN client where some customer has a non-
> standard configuration.
>
> Parallels is not expensive and would allow you to run PC5250,
> Navigator, and the current incarnation of IBM's client development
> toolset yet still enjoy the Mac experience for e-mail, web browsing,
> graphics, photos, music, video, etc.
>
> Death to Windows!
>
> Regards,
> Simon Coulter.
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