Anyone else here do AS/400?

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Richard wrote:
> In article <001b01c72f63$a4b8c9f0$920718ac at CLCILLINOIS.EDU>,
>     "Wolfe, Julian " <ISC277 at CLCILLINOIS.EDU>  writes:
> 
>> Does anyone else here deal with AS/400, or have a lingering interest in it?
> 
> I've never used one, but as I pursue terminals I notice that the IBM
> terminals with the coax style connector always seem to mention AS/400
> machines in conjunction with the terminals.
> 
> Was this a typical configuration for things like the 3279, 3180, etc.
> terminals?

Nope.  The coax terminals speak EBCDIC and are usually connected to 
mainframes.

The terminals for AS/400 had Twinax connectors and (if memory serves) 
speak ASCII.

Peace...  Sridhar