Add a System to Connect to The first thing we wan to do is to add a System to use with ACS – so lets click “System Configurations” It’s easier to show you than to tell you:

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Problems Downloading IBM i ACS (Access Client Solutions)? The new replacement for the aging, creaky AS400 Client Access is the cunningly titled IBM i Access Client Solutions Download this all new JAVA software is free, as long as you create an IBM Passport Account and once installed it lets you connect to the IBM I

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I installed the first Technology Preview (aka Beta) for the new version of IBM i Access (aka Client Access) a few months ago. I really liked it, but was working on a clients project which had different standards for TN5250 and a few other things. So, to align with my team mates I worked with

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AS400 Client Access is dead – long live IBM i ACS (Access Client Solutions) also known as: Who killed AS400 Client Access? Ask any AS400 programmer, iSeries Developer or IBM i Nerd and they will all tell you that good old “Client Access” is a pain in the arse! Client Access was introduced back in

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Where can I get the AS/400 Client Access Express for Windows software? In the olden days before the IBM System i… in fact wind back a few years earlier until you get to the old IBM iSeries hardware… dont stop… keep going back into history until you get to the venerable IBM AS400 system… The

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Change Green Screen from 24×80 to 27×132 wide The default green screen size is defined in a text file that that you can save anywhere you like. It is generally named after the machine that you are connecting to. This is stored at This is a text file that defines what the signon screen is

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