[WEB4LIB] Replacing Terminals with PCs

[Feng Shan]

How about McGill's TCP3270 for windows. You can configure it in whatever
way you want, I guess. We use it on all of our staff PCs and can make it
automatically log into the OPAC.

Feng Shan
Head of Computer Applications
Assistant Librarian
Franklin D. Schurz Library
Indiana University South Bend
fshan at iusb.edu

> Has anybody replaced their dumb terminals for accessing their OPAC with PCs?
> We will be in a transitional phase for some months when we will still be
> using a VAX mainframe as our host for access to our catalog,  but will be
> converting our access machines to PCs (probably).   I am trying to find a
> telnet package that will allow me to script a logon process.   I'm figuring
> that I can use IKiosk to lock the telnet program down once I've got it set
> up.   We'd like to find something cheap, since this is a short term problem.
> I've looked at various telnet applications and none seem to be quite the
> right fit.  Any ideas?
> 
> Please reply directly to me, since I think this is probably of limited
> interest.
> 
> Janus Lindholm
> Application Support Technician
> Eugene Public Library
> Eugene, OR
> janus.l.lindholm at ci.eugene.or.us
> 541-682-6894
>