>Hi
>
>Question about 3270, once again.
>As you might know, interest in 3270 hardware increased recently, due to 
>the emerge of Andrew Kay's oec[0,1].
>I have built the required hardware in order to be able to talk to the 
>3290 display that I have. Unfortunately this is a DFT terminal that is 
>currently not supported. Implementing support for it will only be 
>possible if protocol traces can be acquired between an establishment 
>controller and a DFT terminal, hence the question:
>
>* Does anybody on the list here have access to an active 3270 setup with
> DFT displays? Please also speak up if you have access to a setup with 
>?  3270 printers.

I assume as you don't say where you are, you are in the USA. 
I  have a working 3174 but no DFT terminals.
I am in the UK so probably no opportunity to exchange hardware. 

>Mildly related question:
>
>* Does anybody on the list here have any 3270 displays or (small) 
>  printers collecting dust in their basements that they are willing 
>  to let pass on?
>  I am also interested in selector light pens and operator 
>  identification card readers.

Also interested in same, in UK or perhaps EU.

>I am also running a setup based on [2] with a 3196-B10. So in case you 
>are having excess 5250 displays or printers, I'd be interested to hear 
>about that.
>
>Thank you.

You might want to ask on 

https://groups.io/g/H390-Legacy-Hardware/topics

>
>-Alex
>
>[0] https://github.com/lowobservable/oec
>[1] https://ajk.me/building-an-ibm-3270-terminal-controller
>[2] https://github.com/inmbolmie/5250_usb_converter
>

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