freebsd-ports/net/c3270/pkg-descr
Edwin Groothuis 9a71d72b31 New port: net/c3270 - to replace net/tn3270 - Full-screen curses-based
remote login to IBM mainframes

    This port is the latest version of IBM 3270 terminal emulators
    as an open source project that I can find.  The net/tn3270 port
    is dead-dead-dead and will take too much effort to fix on
    5.x-6.x-Current.  This new port is part of a group and has been
    separated such that the user can pick & choose what he wants.
    This particular port is for full-screen text-mode aka console
    sessions with support for curses, OpenSSL, scripting, and
    SNA-printer emulation with IBM mainframes.

    I am unable to test most of the extra functionality.  Also I
    am continuing to investigate some text-mode anomalies that may
    be highly dependent on the graphics/video card in use.  But we
    do need a working replacement for net/tn3270, and this is 'it'.

    Before accepting this new port:

    Firstly, I need someone with legal eyes to look over this
    project's licensing details at http://x3270.bgp.nu/license.html
    , please.  (I posted this request on -ports@ a few weeks ago
    to no avail.)

    If agreeable, the next thing to do is ditch the port net/tn3270
    entirely.  I'm not sure how to do that myself (and not being
    able to do CVS thru our political firewall here at work).

    Thirdly, if agreeable, simply add this new port net/c3270 to
    the collection, please.  Yes it comprises only three little
    files.  ;)

    Fourthly, people with access to mainframes: Test Test Test Please!  :)

I don't agree with ditching x3270 though.

PR:		ports/72367
Submitted by:	"Paul Seniura" <pdseniura@techie.com>
2004-12-16 09:25:27 +00:00

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From html/Intro.html:
c3270 is a curses-based IBM 3270 terminal emulator. It can be used to
communicate with any IBM host that supports 3270-style connections
over TELNET. It can also communicate with hosts that use line-by-line
ASCII mode to do initial login negotiation before switching to
full-screen 3270 mode.
From "pr3287/README":
pr3287 is an IBM 3287 printer emulator. It connects to an IBM host via
TELNET, using TN3270 or TN3270E. It supports SCS (SNA Character Stream).
This release provides some support for SSL, Tcl, and DBCS.
Graphics not (yet) supported.
Some extended highlighting not (yet) supported.
WWW: http://x3270.bgp.nu/
or http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Peaks/7814