I know nothing about iPads nor the Mocha emulator. Having said that, I'll stick my nose in anyway (like that's something *new* for me). Does Mocha allow keyboard remapping? Does it work with the iPad? Couldn't you remap something like Control-1 == PF1 and so on with Control-A == PF10; -B == PF11; -C == PF12 ?? If not Control-, then Alt- or Control-Alt- or ...
-- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Chuck Arney > Sent: Friday, August 31, 2012 11:44 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Tablet 3270 Emulators and tablets for mainframe support > > I use the Mocha emulator with an iPad as well. My experience with the > soft > keyboard is that it works but it is a real pain to try and do anything > serious. Using a Bluetooth keyboard works better for most typing but > since > the F-keys don't work as PF-keys you have to switch back and forth from > the > real keyboard to the screen keys. It's still a real pain to do > anything > serious but it is better than no real keyboard. I wish Mocha let you > build > your own keyboard. In landscape mode all the keys don't display. They > have > several different key sets but none of them have all the keys I want to > use > in a single set. In portrait mode you get a much smaller 3270 screen > but > with the soft keyboard displayed you do get most of the keys you need. > > I can't really speak to security issues since that has not been a real > concern for me on a development only system. > > Chuck Arney > Arney Computer Systems > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > On > Behalf Of Tom Harper > Sent: Friday, August 31, 2012 10:05 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Tablet 3270 Emulators and tablets for mainframe support > > Gene, > > I bought a physical keyboard, but have never used it, so that explains > the > difference. I use the virtual keyboard...and the PF keys work fine > there. > Just tested it. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
