IBM 3279 Terminal

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Paul Heller wrote:
> I just acquired an old IBM 3279 mainframe terminal. I used one of these 
> back in the early '80s. Anyone know of any kits or technology or 
> techniques to hook this up to something useful (perhaps an RS-232 or 
> S100 interface or PCI interface) or is this just a boat anchor (I don't 
> happen to have an old IBM mainframe handy)?

I suspect the easiest way would be to hook a smaller terminal controller 
to a parallel channel adapter on an RS/6000.

Peace...  Sridhar