Brandon Darbro wrote:
John Summerfield wrote:
I was thinking later, that's a bit of nonsense from me: with a real
printer-keyboard it wouldn't be posible, but a glass teletype, whatever
it's emulating, can do it if it responds properly to the appropriate
<ESC> sequences.
btw I found a PCI card that connects to an ESCON channel: 9663-001.
What I could do with it if I had one in my PC, prpoperly configured and
with the information on programming for it - on both the PC and host
sides - I've not discovered.
Folks, please don't go spending hours and money on my silly idea. I'd
feel terribly guilty if you did all that and then come to find out my
There's a problem needing a solution, not just for you.
Whether there's an economic demand for the solution is a different question.
employer didn't buy it. I am far from being the person who authorizes
such things. I had just hoped this was something I could do with
existing hardware and resources. A block mode only system was just
something that really didn't occur to me, mainframes are still quite
foreign to me, despite the training I've had to support Linux on them.
The question is not whether your employer wants the solution enough to
pay for it, but I for one would like some idea of what has to be done:
obviously, if someone has to design some hardware then it's going to be
harder than if existing hardware can be used.
If that PCI card is still available, and is capable of the use I
envisage, then the question of hardware availability is answered, and
then it comes down to whether anyone wants to do it.
The software angle is the kind of adventure I've enjoyed in the past,
but I lack the hardware and the money to acquire the hardware. Perhaps
someone else with the interest is better-placed than I.
Just a little while ago I installed the latest Hercules and cast my eye
over Debian/Etch. Probably, I could add some device support to Hercules
and then hack away on the Linux kernel.
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Cheers
John
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