Jax RCFB IBM AS/400 ® - iSeries ® - System i ® - IBM i ® Page

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This page is intended primarily to support the integration of open source software with the IBM AS/400

This page is maintained sporadically and many links may be out of date!

This page is designed to be browsable using a text-mode browser .

Ur-Sources

• IBM's System i Home Page
  • iSeries Support Online
  • AS/400 GNU Ports and Porting
  • AS/400 Java
  • AS/400 Java Application Models
  • AS/400 Toolbox for Java
    • JT400 Ports FAQ documents the ports used by the Toolbox.
      • Other Toolbox FAQ'S here .
    • JTOpen is the open-source version of the toolbox.
      
      • JTOpen FAQ
      • JTOpen/Toolbox for Java Forum
      • My notes on building JTOpen from its source code
• AS400 Net.Data Homepage
• AS/400 Partner World for Developers
• AS/400 TCP/IP Presentations is a buncha .PDF's on TCP/IP on the '400.
• AS/400 Technical Studio has docs and downloadables.
• AS/400 Technical Support and Discussion Forums.
• Easy400 is an IBM Italy page focussing on the AS/400 and RPG.
• IBM Personal Communications is the 3270/5250 connectivity product of choice.
• APPN Implementor's Workshop
• COMMON  IBM User's Group.

Time Share on AS/400

• ArcTools
• EDI Consulting
• NetShare400
• Rechenzentrum Kreuznach offers free AS/400 access.
• TimeShare400
  

Free & Open Source Software

• Ublu Midrange and Mainframe Life Cycle Extension Language is my offering to the community, about 5 years of steady development, try it out!
  
• CHGCCSID is a little program to change the CCSID of a stream file ... source code in ASCII.
• Craig Rutledge - Open Source iSeries Tools (JCRCMDS) includes utilities and games.
• DBG400 is an open source DataBase Generator from Martin Rowe.
• Genesis V has some free source for the AS/400.
• Tom Liotta's Sharea has lots of API, CL and command source.
• OpenSource400 attempts to bring the open source movement to the AS/400.
• Orati Systems hosts a number of open source projects for the iSeries, for example:
  • iPDF
  • iSFTP
    
• RxSh is a simple interactive shell we wrote in Rexx/400.
• SoftWoehr Java Class Libraries for JTOpen is utilities based on IBM JTOpen Java Beans. Includes:
  • MEU source physical file member remote editor.
  • QCDemo/QCOpNav liteweight operations navigator.
• tn5250 open source telnet 5250 emulator for character mode.
  • Midrange dot Com's signup form for the linux-5250 mailing list
  • Tip: How to build TN5250 on Solaris 9
• tn5250J is an open source Java rendition of a telnet 5250 emulator.
• Web5250 is a Java applet 5250 emulator running in your browser, and you can try it out on the site.
• x5250 is a XWindows-based 5250 emulator sharing some code with tn5250.
  

Personal Pages

• Jeff Gunter's AS/400 Page
• Kent Anderson's AS/400 Links
• Michael Justin's AS/400 & Java newbie's Page

Other Informational Sites

• 400times.co.uk is an online magazine for AS/400 professionals.
• AS/400 Journal
  
• AS/400 Learnin' Project   has / points to educational and informational resources.
• AS400Links.de - deutschsprachige AS/400 Ressourcen im Internet.
• AS400 Tips
  
• Forum-400 Diskussions- und Informationspool IBM AS/400.
• IGNITe/400 an AS/400 e-business users' group.
• iSeries Network has a great Forum.
  
• JDEList JD Edwards Forum and Mailing Lists.
• Midrange Computing is the eponymous  print publication's industry-focussed web site.
  • Midrange Computing's AS/400 Network Expert
• Midrange dot Com is rich in info on important AS/400 tools.
  • They also host the mailing list for TN5250 .
• Midrange Server 'zine.
• Midrange Wiki is a new Wiki page (collaborative web document) about iSeries.
  
• news400.com is a great site with AS/400 resources, including much downloadable code .
• Recursos AS/400 informaciones del AS/400 en castellano.
• RPGenerationX is a very funny site for RPG programmers old and new.
• RPGIV.com   RPG Developer Network news.
• Search400.com is a search engine for AS/400 stuff.
• Source Retrieval Decompilers offers free decompilers if you fill in some contact info.
• TELNET400 is a 5250 terminal emulation program for Windows/95, 98, 2000 and NT.
• Vladimir Zabrodsky's Home Page has a marvellous section on Rexx and the AS/400 .

Vendors and Commercial Sites

• AS400CreditCard.net is Curbstone Card Corporation which sells and supports AS/400 Sockets, Serial and Credit Card software.
• BVS/Tools.Com has interesting shareware tools for the AS/400.
• California Software has interesting tools for AS/400 development on your PC.
• Curbstone Corporation US sales and support for FreeStyle-400, CoolSpools, and Pluta PSC/400
• DataTech resells used AS/400s.
  
• Easy400 offers an interoperating suite of tools for  software development and problem resolution.
• Erros plc Neural Database and Internet Development Company offers a pretty novel approach for utilising the AS/400!
• Express Computer Systems buys, sells, rents used midrange computers.
• Frontier Computer Corporation is a iSeries (and many other systems) reseller.
  
• McKay Software Services Ltd. is "a small software house based in Ireland" whose core skillset is RPG on IBM's ISeries.
• Midware Ltd. is a new site which features AS/400 discussion groups.
• Millenium Information Technologies is an asset recovery company which also deals in AS/400's.
  
• Optimus Solutions has specs and prices for AS/400's.
• Vibrant Technologies is a hardware reseller.
• World Data Products has deals on used AS/400's.
• Xerxes Computer Corporation has deals on used AS/400's.