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ANDY · Beginner Joined: 07 Feb 2004 Posts: 127 Topics: 67

Hi :

What's favourite 3270 emulator widely used at MVS enviroment?

Thanks

Andy

shiv_swami · Beginner Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 68 Topics: 14

RUMBA ,EXTRA and QWS3270 are widely used at my shop.
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ANDY · Beginner Joined: 07 Feb 2004 Posts: 127 Topics: 67

Thanks

Andy
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superk · Advanced Joined: 19 Dec 2002 Posts: 684 Topics: 5

Our current standard is IBM Personal Communications.

Dibakar · Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2004 3:12 am Post subject:

Though I use RUMBA now but my favourite Hummingbird as I found developing Macros easier.

taltyman · Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2004 10:40 am Post subject:

We use the cheapest version of QWS because of cost however I wouldn't call it my favorite.

kolusu · Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2004 2:49 pm Post subject:

Andy,

I have always used RUMBA and it is fine with me.

Dibakar: Rumba has the ability to record macros(actions) and it is just a click of a mouse.

Kolusu
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Maton_Man · Beginner Joined: 30 Jan 2004 Posts: 123 Topics: 0

I have used Rumba, Attachmate Extra, Netsoft Elite, DRIFT2000 (home grown from the Telco I worked at).

I don't like any of them particularly. I used to like Extra but it has gone downhill fast in my estimation. I used to whinge and moan about DRIFT2000 when I had to use it but I miss now that I use Extra. Extra wants to disconnect you anytime you change anything in the configuration - and sometimes it doesn't wait for your answer! It is a pain in the backside.

Rumba is similar. I find them laborious to configure and their macro languages have become more complex than necessary.

DRIFT2000 was neat because it had ActiveX components allowing you to program in Visual Basic.
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Dibakar · Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2004 2:43 am Post subject:

kolusu,

What I wanted to say that you can program your macros in Hummingbird using Visual Basic. But with Rumba, the one installed in our project, you can only record macros. I have not found any otion to edit them, probably the feature is not installed.