22 Sep
2007
22 Sep
'07
4:54 p.m.
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)?
Paul
23 Sep
23 Sep
7:29 a.m.
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)?
Paul
with a 3174 - 63 which is the controller, with a token ring, or one of
the models with an etherenet you can hook them to a hercules emulated
mainframe. which you do have as handy as a laptop.
Jim
8:47 p.m.
On Sep 23, 2007, at 8:29 AM, jim s wrote:
with a 3174 - 63 which is the controller, with a token
ring, or one
of the models with an etherenet you can hook them to a hercules
emulated mainframe. which you do have as handy as a laptop
Well, that's certainly an idea. I'll keep my eye out for a 3174 :-)
Paul
4:28 p.m.
On Sep 22, 2007, at 7:54 PM, 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)?
Absolutely no way...it's a mainframe terminal, and can't really
ever be anything else.
If you want to turn loose of it, drop me a line, as I have a use
for it.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
Farewell Ophelia, 9/22/1991 - 7/25/2007
24 Sep
24 Sep
8:07 a.m.
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
8:53 a.m.
is it color or green LOL. If that's the model I'm
thinking of, it has a fair amount of peecee mobo stuff
inside. A surprising amount in fact. I had the idea
years ago (when I had one :( ) to hack it into a pc.
For fun you know.
Those monitors are rgb analog, and are probably
pretty close to VGA in frequency I would think. I do
want a color one if no one else wunts it. And you're
not too far away (NJ).
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10:57 a.m.
On Monday 24 September 2007, Chris M wrote:
is it color or green COUGH. If that's the model
I'm
thinking of, it has a fair amount of peecee mobo stuff
inside.
By the part number, it's a color terminal, and it's nothing like the
later, smaller coax terminals... bigger, heavier, and probably built
before the 8086 was released.
Pat
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11:47 a.m.
--- Patrick Finnegan <pat at computer-refuge.org> wrote:
By the part number, it's a color terminal, and
it's
nothing like the
later, smaller coax terminals... bigger, heavier,
and probably built
before the 8086 was released.
Whoops. The 3192 or something very similar is what I
am looking for. LOL LOL *COUGH COUGH*
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12:03 p.m.
Patrick Finnegan wrote:
On Monday 24 September 2007, Chris M wrote:
The 3279 (for which I'm looking for a few clean examples, if I can find
them...) is so heavy that if one falls out of the back of a truck,
they'd have to replace the pavement. I have some sales docs which
mention desk strength requirements. The 3279 is a good bit heavier than
the 3278.
Peace... Sridhar
is it color or green COUGH. If that's the
model I'm
thinking of, it has a fair amount of peecee mobo stuff
inside.
By the part number, it's a color terminal, and it's nothing like the
later, smaller coax terminals... bigger, heavier, and probably built
before the 8086 was released. 
27 Sep
27 Sep
11 a.m.
Sridhar,
The h-e-a-v-y one (all metal case) was the 3179. The 3279 has a plastic
case and used to feel like it would fall apart when I would dope-slap it
whenever the lighting bolts appeared in the status area at the bottom of
the screen. A 3178 would take the slap with a thud that made your hand hurt.
Jim
Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
Patrick Finnegan wrote:
On Monday 24 September 2007, Chris M wrote:
The 3279 (for which I'm looking for a few clean examples, if I can
find them...) is so heavy that if one falls out of the back of a
truck, they'd have to replace the pavement. I have some sales docs
which mention desk strength requirements. The 3279 is a good bit
heavier than the 3278.
Peace... Sridhar is it color or green COUGH. If that's the
model I'm
thinking of, it has a fair amount of peecee mobo stuff
inside.
By the part number, it's a color terminal, and it's nothing like the
later, smaller coax terminals... bigger, heavier, and probably built
before the 8086 was released.
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