What was the reason for two styles of 3290? One is more rectangular than the other.
-- Will On Wed, Jul 29, 2026 at 7:38 PM Tom Brennan <[email protected]> wrote: > > I had a 3278-4 on my desk for more than 10 years, and never changed > until PC's came along. The best thing was the super sharp text. The > worst was alt-number for a PF key. There were people around me with > color screens, and even one guy with an APL keyboard, but the color > screens didn't seem to have the sharp resolution of a 3278. > > On 7/29/2026 3:09 PM, Phil Smith III wrote: > > I had two 3278-4s for a while, then swapped one for a 3279-5 when I worked > > on a product that did color. Those were GREAT machines, with great > > keyboards. > > > > Being in the D.C. area, I used to say that if they said the missiles were > > headed our way, I'd just get under my desk--I might get crushed, but I was > > pretty sure the 327x would survive just about anything! > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > > Pommier, Rex > > Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2026 5:57 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: IBM Statement of Direction > > > > Hey, Radoslaw, I resemble your remarks! I had a 3290 on my desk decades > > ago. Man that thing was noisy! > > > > Rex > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > > Radoslaw Skorupka > > Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2026 3:45 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: IBM Statement of Direction > > > > They drop veeeery old equipment, which actually cannot be attached to any > > CPC which could run current OS. > > Even 3380 as an emulation is no longer available in contemporary DASD > > systems. > > OSAD - you can define it, but it is useless. So you will not loose anything > > by dropping it. > > 3290 - the only person who remember this dev is Shmuel (that's a joke). > > 3330 - really? It's older than me! > > 9032 - ESCON director. Current OS support z15 and next generations. > > ESCON was available until z196. > > etc. > > > > What about shops using old equipment? They also use old OS. > > I strongly doubt some shop like UBS or BofA is using new shining z17's > > connected to Bus & Tag or ESCON attached peripherals. > > > > My $0.02 > > > > -- > > Radoslaw Skorupka > > Lodz, Poland > > > > > > > > > > W dniu 29.07.2026 o 21:50, Tom Brennan pisze: > >> I was thinking it's the UNIT= parameter in an IOCP, but I could be > >> wrong. Is that considered a device class? I never learned HCD. > >> > >> For old-to-new DS8000 hardware migrations, I'll often get a CSV config > >> file from the old DS8000, run it through a script, and come up with > >> CLI commands that will make the new box look like the old one. I saw > >> some 3380's on a client's box while doing this maybe 5 years ago. > >> Probably gone by now. > >> > >> On 7/29/2026 9:20 AM, Phil Smith III wrote: > >>> If only there was some sort of definitive way to tell, like IBM > >>> specifying the device types and models for which they're dropping > >>> support... /s > >>> > >>> Srsly, device type and model is the canonical way IBM describes > >>> things; I'm gobsmacked that this SoD doesn't list them. Actually it's > >>> even worse: it DOES say "Device Types" but then lists device > >>> *classes* (like "CTC"). > >>> > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
