On Mon, Nov 16, 1998 at 12:30:44PM -0600, David Wollmann wrote:
  I'm looking for info on what looks to be either a
very old or obscure IBM type
 number. All I have is 3848 and "VTL" (card) to work with. None of the search
 engines, including Deja News, come up with anything other than a "help wanted"
 listing looking for someone with experience on the 3848. 
Hope this helps (It's an excerpt from a 890K parts list that was available
 from 
www.decisionone.com, but had expired). 
IBM-3840            IBM-ESCON 8 CHANNEL INCRMNT A                 F     $108.80
IBM-3841            IBM-ESCON 8 CHANNEL INCRMNT B                 F     $108.80
IBM-3848            IBM-"CHAN GRP, 8 ADD'L"                       F
$97.50
IBM-3849            IBM-"CHANNEL GROUP, SECOND ADD'L"             F
$97.50
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Sergey Svishchev -- svs{at}ropnet{dot}ru