z/Scope Classic Tab
What is z/Scope Classic
z/Scope Classic emulates a terminal, allowing users to interact with applications that depend on the interface of the command line, and allowing the use of multi-terminals.
z/Scope Classic terminal emulator gives access to IBM Mainframes, IBM AS/400, and Unix servers. It can be run under Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows ME, Windows NT/2000, and Windows XP platforms, supporting TN3270E, TN5250E, and VT100/220/320/420 terminal emulation protocols.
It's a fully integrated FTP client with full awareness of AS/400 objects and z/OS datasets. It allows one to browse web pages without leaving the z/Scope environment thanks to its integrated web browsing interface.
Remote Printing Services can be included to make host print jobs available to local and network printers by emulating IBM-3287-1 and IBM-3812-1 printers.
Read more about our z/Scope family to go deeper. Also, refer to this table for a quick comparison between different z/Scope editions and their features.
Configuring z/Scope Classic
The following parameters for are available for the configuration of z/Scope Classic.
Pool Name
Specify the name of the z/Scope pool, which represents a group of terminal sessions that can be dynamically assigned to users. If multiple users utilize the pool, each will run their own instance of the program, ensuring independent access to the emulated terminal environment.
Access code
This is the service password for the z/Scope Classic connection. This can be any alphanumeric string.
Service mode
This changes how the session is created.
Run under the interactive session
Run z/Scope Classic connection in the same RDS Session as the interactive session.
Run under an independent Windows Session
Run z/Scope Classic connection on individual RDS Sessions. This improves performance but at a higher resource cost.
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