TN3270

I haven’t seen any of the bugs talked about in the poor reviews. It works well for the limiting situation of the iPad. It works well with a BT keyboard, and remember that the iOS interface for BT keyboards is problematic. If you need basic 3270 support, especially if you’re doing a lot of ISPF editing, this is your app.

This handles the basics of logging in and accessing a mainframe, but has several flaws, some critical: - If SET FULLREAD ON is set in XEDIT to read all NULL characters on the screen (allowing typing after the end of a line with the characters jumping left), the emulator fails to work, with symptom being nothing useful happens after the user presses ENTER or of PF key. - App has a configuration setting for LU name, but doesn't send it to the host. - App has a configuration setting for what keys to show in the banner, but doesn't honor it. - App doesn't control keys to emulate PA1/PA2, critical keys on VM. - App doesn't honor turning off "Show banner on top of 3270 screen" configuration option. - Lower banner covers parts of bottom two lines, the input area for the VM/CMS command line on older iPads. Update: The author declines to examine any of these issues, claiming it must be my unique (actually stock VM) environment and "other users have zero problems" and to "make changes to the 3270 engine could give problems to other users".

This app is not as good as it once was. An orange rectangle jumps around the screen as you touch it. You can zoom in, but not pan around. Very irritating.

TN3270 had very fast response, but that is about all. It was very cumbersome to use, is limited to 24x80 and 32x80, only 8 macros, and does not support TN3270E luname. Using the keyboard and function keys were a chore, Enter is at the top of the screen. TN3270 uses the iOS keyboard rather than providing a 3270 version. An advantage is the iPad and iPhone are same version saving money.

Nice Product! Got it configured with SonicWall AES-128 VPN to access MF(s). Plan on trying 3DES from Apple for IPAD. Other than that. Great for MF folks that use IPAD.