Host Connectivity News and Articles (12/27)
ASCII and EBCDIC are two character encoding schemes which have played a historical hole in mainframe environments. Character encoding is simply a method of representing characters in data, morse code, for example is an early type of character encoding. This article takes a brief look at character encoding across modern and legacy systems.
We continue to look at standards, old and new, that have played a role in the evolution of terminal emulation. This articles discusses SNA and TCP and their roles in network communications.
As a developer of terminal emulation software we're acutely aware of legacy technologies and the role they have played and in the evolution of windows terminal emulator software. This article is the first in a series that takes a look at some of the standards, old and new, that have played a role in terminal history.
Windows Mobile is Microsoft’s operating system for mobile phones (smartphones) and portable computers. Although now superseded by Microsoft’s new Windows Phone operating system Windows Mobile and its variants are still widely used outside of the fast evolving smartphone market, particularly on scanner devices which fall into the category of warehousing, inventory and stock control. This article takes a look at what Turbosoft offers for terminal emulation on Windows Mobile devices.