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  3. November 2009

Re: New use for tn5250

On Tue, 2009-11-17 at 20:31 -0600, Jim Donoghue wrote:
Everyone's 'Web-enabling' things these days. After a brief experience with a
terribly written data entry web form, I thought perhaps someone should
create a library or tool to '5250-enable' stuff. I know I've seen worse
'spare-time' projects on SourceForge....

Jim,

The thought, once every few years, occurs to me that it might be
possible to rewrite lynx as a 5250 app. Each time, there quickly
follows the thought "and just why would you do that?"

I am open to reasons.

Cheers,
Terry.



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