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Does Zephyr offer a legacy integration solution that doesn require terminal emulation?

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Does Zephyr offer a legacy integration solution that doesn require terminal emulation?

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Zephyr offers a robust, Windows-based product called PASSPORT Host Integration Objects (HIO) that many customers run from a Windows 2003 or 2000 Server. PASSPORT HIO does not require terminal emulation. Rather, PASSPORT HIO features a TN3270E and TN5250E communications module and programmatic API that lets you create server-based .NET and ActiveX legacy integration projects that often communicate with the legacy host in the background. In most cases, end users running PASSPORT HIO have no idea they’re connecting to an IBM mainframe or AS/400 application since another application manages the user interface. For developers that want to deploy PASSPORT HIO in a robust, client-based solution, and also want to expose the traditional green screen UI, PASSPORT HIO can be used on a Windows desktop and features the Terminal Control Interface. The Terminal Control Object lets developers embed a PASSPORT TN3270 or TN5250 client inside another client application. Through use of the HIO Terminal Co