TN5250

TN5250 is a variation on the standard Telnet protocol that is specific to IBM Midrange system.

It is defined by RFC-1205.

There are a number of commercial and open-source TN5250 emulators available ...

Open Source

• http://sourceforge.net/projects/tn5250/ -- Linux/Unix curses based 5250 emulator
• http://sourceforge.net/projects/tn5250j/ -- Java swing based 5250 emulator
• http://www.chowhouse.com/~james/x5250 -- Linux/Unix X11 based 5250 emulator (requires TN5250)

Commercial

• iSeriesAccess -- Windows based emulator from IBM
• Netmanage Rumba]
• Synapse
• Mochasoft
• Rove Mobile (formerly Idokorro) Access from mobile phones and Blackberry devices.