Changing the font used by TN3270 or TN5250 emulation can improve its readability. However, it doesn’t necessarily make the emulator look and feel like a standard terminal.

Century Software, Inc., has had a request to create a new font to change that. The font would be the default used by the TN3270 and TN5250 emulations, to make their displays look more like the IBM terminals they emulate.

CR 763

Century Software, Inc., has had a request for the capability to “invert” the background color, so as to not waste printer toner, during screen prints. Thus, even with a black background on the display, the characters will print on a white background.

This is not necessary when using the Print Screen option on TinyTERM’s File menu. That already prints black text on a white background, no matter how the colors are configured. This option would only apply to graphical screen prints in Windows.

CR 762

TinyTERM does not pass on modem error messages received via TAPI. This makes it difficult to determine what’s happening when a modem connection fails. For example:

1. Dial a known busy number. (It’s easiest to call the same line TinyTERM is using to dial.) You can hear the modem dial and get a busy signal, but TinyTERM displays no errors. It shows as disconnected the whole time, though a “busy” message should pop up.
2. Dial a line and don’t answer it. You’ll hear the modem dial and the line ringing. TinyTERM shows as disconnected until it hangs up. The expected “no answer” message doesn’t come up.

CR 757, fixed in TinyTERM 4.65

The xterm terminal emulator in PIXIL Thin Client comes up in bright green on a black background. There is no way to change that color at present.

CR 754

Century Software, Inc., has had a request to have TinyTERM draw its login information from Microsoft Active Directory. This would allow a single sign-on for the user’s PC, the Windows network and any UNIX or Linux systems.

CR 753

Some terminals put a display indicator in the window when they’re waiting for a system operation. A common one is an X at the bottom, below the main text portion of the screen. Century Software, Inc., has received a request to add this capability.

CR 750

Connect TinyTERM to a UNIX system running FacetTerm. As soon as you type Ctrl-W2 to go to the second window, the display scrambles. The display may show some CScript or TinyTERM source code. A page setup window may also come up. The only way out is to kill the session on the UNIX server.

CR 748

TinyTERM will not dial the Best Data 56USB-P modem on Windows XP. All other applications can successfully use the modem.

CR 745

PIXIL Thin Client only connects over TCP/IP. Century Software, Inc., has had a request to allow the included xterm to connect via direct serial cable.

CR 744

If you set the Destructive Back Space option in TinyTERM, the Backspace key should erase characters as it moves the cursor. This does not work in Wyse60, TN3270 or TN5250.

CR 743, Wyse60
CR 759, TN3270 and TN5250, fixed in TinyTERM Plus 4.7.0