Host Connectivity News and Articles (16/28)
One of the features of our flagship Windows Terminal emulator TTWin 4 is the wide range of terminal coverage that it offers. With more than 80 different terminals from a variety of manufacturers supported, we believe it's the most comprehensive package available.
In our many years of producing terminal emulation software we've discovered the some terminals are, of course, more widely used than others and that certain terminals have become strongly associated with particular industries.
In order to understand what a terminal emulator is, you first need to know what the terms ‘terminal’, ‘mainframe’ and ‘GUI’ mean, because terminal emulation software was developed using GUI-based operating systems to ‘emulate’ the terminal’s role of communicating with the mainframe.
Those unfamiliar with mainframe systems associate these systems with a number of misconceptions. Price, skills and relevance are some of the top myths that surround mainframe platforms.
One of the most complex tasks associated with IT management these days is software licensing. Whilst some companies are using license fine print to raise their revenue over the course of many years, Turbosoft is taking a different approach.