Re: Dumb Terminal or Emulator

[James Lampert <jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mark Murphy/STAR BASE Consulting Inc. wrote:
> One thing I don't understand about this is that code you write for a
> 5250 session does not run on the terminal whether it is a dumb
> terminal or a PC.  If you want to go out to a web service, it isn't
> the terminal doing it, it is the RPG program.  So that should still
> work regardless of the terminal type.  Of course if you want to do a
> RUNRMTCMD or STRPCCMD, then you can simply monitor for a message in
> the CL program, as someone already said.

And may I point out that since we're talking about 5250 devices, NOT 
Lear ADM-3s or other "glass teletypes" (nor even the much more advanced 
ADM-1s, Datamedia 1500s, Teleray 10s, or Dec VT-100s), your terminals 
can hardly be called "dumb."

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JHHL