Looking for help with telnet mainframe emulator

[nosmohtac]

I am looking for someone who is very experienced with telnet clients.

I use a mainframe emulator for work to see schedules and estimates of when I will be called to work. I'm on call 24/7 and it is so much better to be able to view the mainframe emulator rather than call the number and go through several prompts and have the computer speak out the info for each area.


I'm quite certain that it is possible to pull up this emulator on a ppc, but I don't know enough about telnet and mainframe emulation to configure it properly. The desktop version uses a java applet to pull up the window, and requires java, and java scripting. I've tried configuring several telnet clients to get it working with no success.

would someone be willing to help me get this going on my Mogul?

[jon_k]

Telnet is incredibly simple.

You connect to a server address on a certain port -- it opens up a TCP data stream. You then have a two way communication channel to a remote server. You can type data, server will get the data, and can do what it wishes. It can also send output to you.

So essentially, if it is indeed running a basic telnet service if you know the server and port, there's nothing more to know. (Well, not entirely true, if the server has any sort of authentication it's likely going to want a user/pass.)

Try downloading PuTTy on your desktop at home and connecting using protocol telnet to see if you can get in from there.

In all likelihood the java program does some smoke and mirrors, and it's not just raw telnet. Otherwise, why would they require the application? They'd give everyone a telnet client. The IT dept for your company, will know more about how to telnet directly in, though they probably won't share such "secrets" with you.