Shameless plug for Tom Brennan's TN3270 emulator Vista, give it a shot on Win7 and Win10.
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill Ashton Sent: Friday, March 10, 2017 10:19 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: 3270 emulator display/translation oddity with windows 10 Another thing to check is that your emulator is set up to display graphic characters. On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 10:17 AM, Pommier, Rex <[email protected]> wrote: > Font or character set is my guess too. We tried some different fonts > and it made no difference. > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of John McKown > Sent: Friday, March 10, 2017 8:12 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: 3270 emulator display/translation oddity with windows 10 > > On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 8:00 AM, Pommier, Rex > <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hello list, > > > > We are seeing an issue with our 3270 emulator. It is working fine > > on Windows 7 but we are moving to Windows 10. We are using 2 > > versions of the emulator, a full client and a browser based version. > > We're seeing the issue in both versions. What's happening is that > > the horizontal lines in ISPF screens are displaying as cent signs, > > vertical lines displaying as rows of horizontal dots and other odd > > behavior. I've seen this before (decades ago) but it's been so long > > since I've seen it, that the solution has long ago vanished. > > > > ​Sounds, to me, like a "font" issue. I.e. the codes being used by the > emulator for the _ and | characters do not display the glyphs you're > expecting. > > > > > > > We're pretty confident it is a compatibility issue between the > > emulator and W10 (most likely something missing from the W10 config) > > but haven't found it. We are working with the vendor but at this > > point they haven't been able to recreate the issue. I'm just > > throwing the question out there to see if anybody has a solution for us. > > > > TIA, > > > > Rex > > > > The information contained in this message is confidential, protected > from disclosure and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this > message is not the intended recipient or an employee or agent > responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you > are hereby notified that any disclosure, distribution, copying, or any > action taken or action omitted in reliance on it, is strictly > prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this > communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to > this message and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic > or hard copy format. Thank you. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Thank you and best regards, *Billy Ashton* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN FIRST TENNESSEE Confidentiality notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient(s), or the employee or agent responsible for delivery of this message to the intended recipient(s), you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this e-mail message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify the sender and delete this e-mail message from your computer. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
