The ASCII controller was the 7171, developed by Dr. Wehrle's team in the Glendale Lab in the 1980's. My car pool buddy at the time, Tom Murphy Jr. (the other Tom Murphy for those of you in VM) was the lead developer on that box.
Fred C. Shaheen Manager, System z Virtualization Development Phone: 1-607-429-4372 | Tie-Line: 620-4372 IBM Mobile: 1-607-237-4628 E-mail: shahe...@us.ibm.com 1701 North St Endicott, NY 13760-5553 United States 'Intention without action is only a dream. In the end it isn't what we want to do or plan to do but what we actually do that makes any difference.' Mark Sanborn From: Paul Gilmartin <paulgboul...@aim.com> To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 03/02/2021 12:07 PM Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: SYSASCII Console for Linux images Sent by: Linux on 390 Port <LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU> On 2021-03-02, at 09:38:54, Dave Jones wrote: > > I wonder how hard it would be for z/VM to emulate, or virtualize, a > VT220 type terminal? > In days of yore, there was a hardware solution. The 3174(?) Asynchronous Emulation Adapter. I don't remember the configuration I tried, but it made an (independent vendor) 3278 behave remarkably like a VT-220. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www2.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www2.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390