Supported emulators and screen sizes
The enhanced 3270 user interface can be used with any 3270 emulator that supports the APL character set. The interface supports screen sizes of 24 x 80, 32 x 80, 43 x 80, 27 x 132, and 62 x 160.
Although a 24 x 80 screen size is supported, given its limited area, use a larger screen size if possible. The minimum suggested screen size is 43 x 80.
Some 3270 emulators do not support the APL characters that the
enhanced 3270 user interface requires. An option is available for running the enhanced 3270 user interface with limited APL characters. To view all APL characters that are used by the
enhanced 3270 user interface, select the Help > Screen Test menu option.
To determine if your 3270 emulator supports the APL characters used by the interface, compare the
results from selecting Help > Screen Test to the following screen shot, where
all APL characters are supported:
To change the level of APL graphics support for your
emulator, select the Edit > Preferences menu
option. On the ISPF tab, select one of the
following options for your emulator:
- FULL
- Full APL graphics support.
- LINE
- APL graphics support for box lines only.
Note: Some (non-IBM) emulators can require LOGMODE settings such as D4A32XX3.