I have been reading your mail for a few weeks now, and there has been a lot of questions as to the function of the System Request Key. All of you are right, the System Request Key has absolutely no function to the PC, LAN or Server. It does have function, however, if you are communicating with an IBM midrange host, using 3270 or 5250 emulation. The System Request Key has 3 functions: Terminal, System and Communication. Once on an IBM "Green Screen" certain options allows you to add sessions, do certain system functions (in the event of a crash or halt) or re-establish certain communication modes. Note that this key exists on "IBM Compatable Computers". One reason why the computer is IBM compatable is because its keyboard mimics terminal keyboards (in fact many were copied directly from terminal keyboards) to mimic emulation. Another e-mail questions the type of keyboard one person got off the obsolete pile at work. This keyboard has an unusual connector ( an unusually wide RJ-45 connector). I believe this keyboard sounds like it is from a 3476 or 3477 IBM Infowindow Terminal. Please check to see if there is a model number either on the keyboard or underneath it, and also check the serial number (this may be your key to solving the identity of your unknown keyboard). I hope to all of you that your holiday season was wonderful so far and I hope all of you are Y2K compliant (at least I am, but just in case I have my battery operated lantern ready. ;) ) To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies.
