A BBS for 3270 terminals!

Forum3270 may well be the only public BBS for 3270 terminals. It features discussion groups, a marketplace for retro hardware, a live chat module, direct messages between users, persnal notes, TSO command line games and much more. There is even an FTP server to upload/download content.

It can be accessed by connecting your 3270 terminal to www.moshix.tech port 2300. It only takes seconds to create your user and connect with hundreds of other mainframe community members.

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