Host Connectivity News and Articles (27/28)
Last year something amazing happened. For the first time1 smart phones and tablets out shipped traditional desktop PCs.
TTWeb is Turbosoft’s web to host terminal emulation software, allowing users to connect to a host systems directly through a web page. One of the more advanced features of TTWeb is a Javascript library offering access to the embedded session and the ability to interact and manipulate the TTWeb session through the web page. This article takes a look at what is possible with a little HTML, Javascript and TTWeb.
Character based terminals are, by their nature, not the most user friendly of environments and accomplishing seemingly simple tasks can often require complex commands beyond the abilities of all but power users. This article looks at possibilities for automating complex terminal emulation tasks using ActiveX.
Mainframes are powerful computers that rose to prominence in the world of big business during the 1960s. Despite the rise in prominence of high-end Unix and Intel-based servers, as well as the rise of the personal computing and cloud computing, mainframes are as relevant as ever in the year 2011. In this article, we'll take a look at some of the reasons behind this, such as terminal emulation software, as well as some of the biggest challenges facing mainframes.