rust3270

rust3270 is a terminal server implementation for the IBM 3270 terminal protocol, written in Rust.

Usage

See the example in the examples directory for how to use the library.

To Do

• Implement different code pages
• Implement SSL/TLS support
• Implement different screen sizes depending on the terminal type
• High level API for sending and receiving data and designing screens

Useful Links

I learned a lot from the following resources:

• Go3270: A Go implementation of the 3270 protocol, which is well documented and was the base for me learning the protocol.
• TommySprinkle: A great resource for understanding the 3270 data stream.
• RFC1576: The RFC that defines the current practices for the 3270 protocol.
• RFC1041: The RFC that defines the Telnet regime options.
• RFC854: The RFC that defines the Telnet protocol.