A plug-in board that turns a desktop computer into an IBM mainframe terminal. The first 3270 emulator was the Irma board from Attachmate Corporation. The board is sometimes called a "coax adapter" because of its coaxial cable connection to the IBM cluster controller.
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- z/Scope Express 3270 6.2 (Windows)
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- Discussion threads 2007-10-22
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- Software downloads 2007-09-06
- Jagacy 3270 1.5.3 (Windows)
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- Software downloads 2007-03-31
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