This EPSScentral page contains information about the PC terminal emulation programs that can be used to add performance support features to an existing character-based Mainframe, UNIX, VAX or AS400 system.
Extra Personal Client by Attachmate
According to Attachmate, the Extra Personal Client allows you to create bookmarks for quickly navigating to frequently used screens. Each host documents can be customized by specifying colors, hot spots, fonts, toolbars and QuickPad. (Dec-19-96)
Opal by Computer Associates
According to the Computer Associates "OPAL facilitates the creation of a customized, integrated desktop. You can tailor graphical elements to meet your needs, such as next-generation buttons, edits, check boxes, and list boxes. But that's not all. OPAL lets you enhance them with images, animation, video, and sound. You can also streamline your operations by integrating your desktop with host-based and client/server applications. OPAL allows you to organize your applications any way you want, and launch them with your own graphics in an animation-filled, multimedia environment". (Dec-19-96)
You can use Rumba's tabbed notebook interface to easily switch between terminal emulation sessions and other application programs. The user can add "bookmarks" that will quickly display a selected screen. You can even add buttons to the terminal emulation screen. The Wall Data website contains a case study of the productivity gains achieved by using the the QuickAssist keystroke memorization feature.(Dec-19-96)