I think customers really liked InfoWindow because they were the first terminals to offer a 3-year guarantee. IIRC that was a big selling point.
Cheers, Martin Martin Packer zChampion, Systems Investigator & Performance Troubleshooter, IBM +44-7802-245-584 email: [email protected] Twitter / Facebook IDs: MartinPacker Blog: https://mainframeperformancetopics.com Podcast Series (With Marna Walle): https://developer.ibm.com/tv/mpt/ or https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/mainframe-performance-topics/id1127943573?mt=2 Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu_65HaYgksbF6Q8SQ4oOvA From: Seymour J Metz <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Date: 12/05/2020 15:46 Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: 3270 terminals: CUT vs. DFT Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> I saw a lot more 3180s than I did 3278, but as I recall that was also CUT. What kind of markwt penetration did InfoWindow have? -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__mason.gmu.edu_-7Esmetz3&d=DwIF-g&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx-siA1ZOg&r=BsPGKdq7-Vl8MW2-WOWZjlZ0NwmcFSpQCLphNznBSDQ&m=744ZQE7RpiXzUnS2QxR-S60qEJm7s_SEijnDCsOCEZ4&s=9xNNTmnRYTwQf4fyyB-lW-Im9M3txhTk10eIHF5kfZc&e= ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of zMan [[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2020 10:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: 3270 terminals: CUT vs. DFT I'd suggest that most terminals were 3278s, so his statement stands. But we'll never know. On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 3:28 PM Seymour J Metz <[email protected]> wrote: > > Most 3270 terminals seem to be of the (simpler) CUT variant. > > I doubt it. Certainly all of these are DFT. > > • IBM 3179 G Color Graphic Display Station > • IBM 3192 G Color Graphics Display Station > • IBM 3193 Display Station > • IBM 3194 Display Terminal > • IBM 3290 Information Panel > • IBM 3270 Personal Computer. > > Does anybody know whether any of the InfoWindow displays are CUT, and, if > so, which? > > I suspect that it will be easier to modify, e.g., x3270 to support the > 3290 features than to implement DFT without help from IBM, but bitsavers > does have some 3174 and 3274 CE manuals, and maybe one of them has what you > need. > > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__mason.gmu.edu_-7Esmetz3&d=DwIF-g&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx-siA1ZOg&r=BsPGKdq7-Vl8MW2-WOWZjlZ0NwmcFSpQCLphNznBSDQ&m=744ZQE7RpiXzUnS2QxR-S60qEJm7s_SEijnDCsOCEZ4&s=9xNNTmnRYTwQf4fyyB-lW-Im9M3txhTk10eIHF5kfZc&e= > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf > of Alexander Huemer [[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, May 11, 2020 2:16 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: 3270 terminals: CUT vs. DFT > > Hi > > I have a 3290 terminal that I'd like to put to some use. See email > thread 'Talking to 3270 terminals?' that I started Jan 14. > Somebody then pointed me to oec[1], which is an awesome project. I have > built the hardware interface that is required to talk to a 3270 terminal > on the hardware level. A picture of the interface and a video of the > terminal can be found at [2]. > > Now, the friendly person who created oec says that the 3290 is a so > called DFT (Distributed Function Terminal), in contrast to a CUT > (Control Unit Terminal). Most 3270 terminals seem to be of the (simpler) > CUT variant. oec only works with CUT terminals. Extending the > functionality to enable it to work with DFT terminals isn't trivial. > > Does anybody on the list here know of additional documentation besides > what's mentioned at [3] that could be helpful to implement DFT support? > > What would also be very helpful is a protocol trace of any kind of the > communication between a 3174 and a DFT terminal. > > -Alex > > [1] > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__secure-2Dweb.cisco.com_1NnRTMD-5FPTNE56hcPN3Zoil25kvZDUUK-5FaipLBMH0L1wILqqABd8VqLfLufezSPeE-5FFl4x00j7t4NfyMBkNjiG9PZJVFzcisGkVw2zDksozehbGrT1dQrE0Ab77RISHAxIQOxnUnRrTtoTrsSrrPsu0jB-5FgX0Wu7yY3WQm4OWspA270WOpKiWNPsOuRmstQQpzBMsjKSh2liu3id4kuAg3n-5FAnb4G2bBwbb4hvDUDYwgDt6oVZYjuuMmpgqXD6BoDKPz8h13B3FNewEGGG-2DZmkWrk8Ij2IMQB2BwK-2D56UDvG1tFuhjaZRmy8w4zpndnP-2DEtTI3GVvakjoOfX9TfnAX8Jkf44VijzUU9DY-2D2nBQHJtCnhDUEwfezo4317R-5F-5FcJdwXO34VGrBQVzqETM7RjUNDyRR0uqgmmjgiazA-5F-2DEr6FIi6yH2m1euIXZa34S3xhYqqtFwfDa-5FElLFDmsmOI2Q_https-253A-252F-252Fgithub.com-252Flowobservable-252Foec&d=DwIF-g&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx-siA1ZOg&r=BsPGKdq7-Vl8MW2-WOWZjlZ0NwmcFSpQCLphNznBSDQ&m=744ZQE7RpiXzUnS2QxR-S60qEJm7s_SEijnDCsOCEZ4&s=6nv5bSP_G3YnjlrYfP0dWQDIHGY4WK3hN_ZOYEoXyOs&e= > [2] > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__secure-2Dweb.cisco.com_1pSKlPn7aH5BVsfyddjr3HyN-5FXBjHGssIdgXlLr5CxccG7hAYb-5FO5qPKiIdRoApG1elM2Wd9QHZu8E-2DSc0Xs6zVv0qISCsksY98nFPIe4uoRAieXyzi8hgly4lpVu7klwwS9g8wH1b4FfatJ0HsF1a8dfDnI-2D6l3OxLz3Jy338dAlfK2uq6u0v4C4M0d81GHudLtr-5FVFDQylLJhpec2y2uLiLbGwjSHUH35bLwEyjNd3ieBfIBxmlVuhlb3l46ibyiWGouVr4Ik0Gv2xmSL7s7rC35o3kYxwRawP7KL4ODxWKDeikbWKj0j2V8-5FT4TKfXlwLvH-2DjYtZ5zOnLAg4DNyo6HSLYXAp0Zv235Je698lh-5Fuza4HemJsGDS2-2DuZNyNE1cuP43-5FFPksOmUrw6l7Hb2EzSd-5FDthu4mEIpdYKZ3QVTjXl6NCaXqVR0EOhzTiAG_https-253A-252F-252Fahuemer.xx.vu-252Fvolatile-252F2020-2D05-2D11-2DP6C1Wc3u1wU-252F&d=DwIF-g&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx-siA1ZOg&r=BsPGKdq7-Vl8MW2-WOWZjlZ0NwmcFSpQCLphNznBSDQ&m=744ZQE7RpiXzUnS2QxR-S60qEJm7s_SEijnDCsOCEZ4&s=Ox3Is9jLuxq80dGoww6TQkkruliIfWISHdK4jywG4Rw&e= > [3] > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__secure-2Dweb.cisco.com_1lc47FG678Pn52RvDToQE0dXvwOnbKbGRbN6-2DIsvy6vMB2s-5F1yJBYWRZduvax-2DepmacIYbcnUCmIDLFWsbAlx-5FfWds6f40LanIVAYPxdce1BHtR1n3vOrRj5HYg2a7X0OUGDmyQo5lbNDPJe4-5F1ZWQef0LNTjfaSRCzPpj3tZII47tuuxs28-2DfTaGV4MDSgtO9jaD-2Df7yC5zLnri6JD3NrMLNk-5FlXBXHB-5FHk3br48XLWLuwVAaggwCCR45N5Hu-5F758ek0a2pzvPqte89y2l8WKPiWo5YcyZ5zBqkVcMMN8-5Fc2GGaFmeCl8oAT8xZPna0HAe9-5FwOfiXZhazeqZNXgkLTtp5SIkDA-2Dw89OFkBUEiZ7zDJOBlPKrQImvQ80P-5FBNvWDFPNOV4FkQzE23fVo7OCcs8cz0F3DWBQ9Vv8LZrlyYfNFgscrOK-2DBreBPLoDCZPagTbpFJQBCNrgWM8LyVDwQ_https-253A-252F-252Fgithub.com-252Flowobservable-252Fcoax-252Fblob-252Fprotocol-252Fprotocol-252Fprotocol.md&d=DwIF-g&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx-siA1ZOg&r=BsPGKdq7-Vl8MW2-WOWZjlZ0NwmcFSpQCLphNznBSDQ&m=744ZQE7RpiXzUnS2QxR-S60qEJm7s_SEijnDCsOCEZ4&s=hRKF7q6wRpe9HTdTx9DoQRDHYvW2-BBMviYaRHujP8g&e= > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN Unless stated otherwise above: IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number 741598. 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