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  3. February 2003

Re: XML to 5250

From: Tom Jedrzejewicz @ San Pedro <TJedrzejewicz@contessa.com>

> Perhaps an alternative might be to write a text-based web browser for
> 5250 screens.  Then your program need only produce the the XML/HTML and
> the 5250 connected user can use it through the browser just like any
> other client.
> 
> I have NO idea how hard it is, but there are text-based browsers in
> existence already.
> 

and I have also written such a program. It is not hard. when I say that
I, of course, realize that you need what the 5250 data streams look
like, but, hey, the manual is available. It only took me a few days (back
in 1979) to figure out what I needed to know.

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