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by TechDebtDevin 336 days ago
<16-colors IBM z/OS host terminal

This hasn't been virtualized?
2 comments
krylon 336 days ago
They're probably using a 3270 emulator on a PC, but that emulator will still display 16 colors.
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slowmotiony 333 days ago
From what I understand, they log in to a citrix-like webpage called IBM Host On Demand and then start a java applet which is essentially a 16-color 3270 emulator that's connected to z/OS mainframe.
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