Jay Maynard bought a 3174 with a Token Ring and Ethernet to plug into a PC running Hercules. He already had an Apple ][ with a Token Ring, so he plugged it in and used it as a console.
Not that Apple ][s are cheap and readily available. On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 10:25 AM, Pommier, Rex <[email protected]> wrote: > What machine are you planning on plugging this 3x74 into? IIRC, the 3274s > were strictly bus and tag, and there were some 3174s that were ESCON-capable. > I have no experience with the 9074 machines, but IBM doesn't support ESCON > on anything more current than the z196/z114, do they? So you're looking at > something like a PRIZM box to convert Ficon to ESCON (to parallel). > > > Rex > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Steve Thompson > Sent: Friday, May 22, 2015 7:16 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Question on 3270 Devices > > Does anyone know of any real 3270 devices that are available from IBM or a > third party that are still being serviced and/or actively marketed? > > I'm thinking that IBM stopped support for all 3270 devices (including > controllers) somewhere in the '90s. > > And I believe all the third party competitors have gotten out of this market. > > Now, before we get into a history discussion, and all the TN3270 support -- > This thread is about actual physical single purpose hardware (i.e., ONLY > accepts input from a keyboard, displays on screen, and via AID, sends an > interrupt to an SCP for it to read the buffer(s)) that are actively being > marketed, sold, and/or supported. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > The information contained in this message is confidential, protected from > disclosure and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is > not the intended recipient or an employee or agent responsible for delivering > this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any > disclosure, distribution, copying, or any action taken or action omitted in > reliance on it, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have > received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by > replying to this message and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in > electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
