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Sorry, but no IDE comes with a proper 3278-like font. Not even IBM's Developer for z/OS comes with one (they commissioned that other font called Plex... who would take seriously a font named after a media player?).

Luckily, everyone can get one at https://github.com/rbanffy/3270font.

Note: shameless plug ;-)



That is delightful. I remember using 3270's back in "the lab" in high school ("alt-pf2" twice to compile!), and marveling at the individual phosphors on the screen. (When I could see better, for sure.)


Sadly, it doesn’t turn the keyboard into a beam spring one…


That's another expensive hobby to get into


I can make it sound like a Selectric, at least:

https://github.com/rbanffy/selectric-mode


I have an aftermarket buckling spring KB. Well, my wife "has" it, and I will never, ever get it back.




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