Heb3270 allows a Macintosh computer with a TCP/IP network connection to emulate an IBM 3270 terminal with hebrew language capability. Heb3270 provides:
- Bilingual Hebrew/Latin computer interaction
- Graphic support for 3179 compatible graphics
- File transfer acting as a FTP server
- VT220/320 terminal text emulation
•• How to operate Heb3270 ?
When your connection to the IBM host is established, Heb3270 allows you to operate in bilingual mode. The screen automatically displays both Hebrew and Latin characters as they are received from the IBM host.
Note: Due to the different keyboard layout between Macintosh and IBM, the following mapping applies:
command-e ErEOF, erases to end-of-field
command-i toggles Insert mode
command-1 ... = PF1 ... PF12
command-, PA1
command-. PA2
command-/ SYS REQ
command-c CLEAR
command-\ PA3
shift-backspace deletes character
command-backspace deletes letter to right of cursor in hebrew mode
option-w toggles the wrap-word function
(operates both in Hebrew and Latin mode)
option-r toggles the ReversePush
(operates both in Hebrew and Latin mode)
option-left arrow switches to hebrew mode
(inverted screen and hebrew keyboard)
option-right arrow switches to latin mode
(normal screen and latin keyboard)
•• Compatibility with tn3270:
To upgrade from tn3270 to Heb3270, just replace the tn3270 with Heb3270 by dropping it in the same folder. In order to ease the upgrading from tn3270 to Heb3270, most of the characteristics of tn3270 are supported (keyboard mapping, graphic support, APL mode). Heb3270 is able to use the same configuration file and access modules as tn3270.
•• Tested IBM software:
The following VM/CMS applications are known to work with Heb3270 in both Hebrew and Latin mode, problem free:
- Hprofs
- Mail
- Xedit
- Services (Weizmann Institute "in house" software)
•• Hardware and software required:
To run Heb3270 you will need a Macintosh 512K, 512Ke, Plus, SE, or II connected directly to Ethernet, or to LocalTalk which bridges to Ethernet. Heb3270 does not require any particular version of Macintosh system software.
•• Credits:
• Heb3270 was written by Jaime Prilusky, at the Bioinformatics Unit, Biological services of the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. It is the result of a large modification of the tn3270 communications software.
• tn3270 for the Macintosh was written by Peter DiCamillo, and developed by Computing and Information Services at Brown University. It includes the NCSA TCP/IP Kernel for the Macintosh, written by Tim Krauskopf and Gaige B. Paulsen, Copyright 1987-1988 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. Also included is code written by Greg Minshall to support the tn3270 Telnet protocol, Copyright 1984-1988 by the Regents of the University of California and by Gregory Glenn Minshall.
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* tn3270 for the Macintosh Source Code
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