8 Oct
1997
8 Oct
'97
9:06 a.m.
Mike Thompson wrote:
It wasn't until yesterday's topic of
"Those pesky db15 ports" that I
remembered a couple of terminals that I hauled home recently.
The terminals have a DB15 for both the monitor and keyboard.
Anyway, I hauled home a couple of IBM 3101 terminals. They
consist of a base unit, a monitor, and a keyboard. From the ID
tags they appear to be around 1980 vintage.
Unusually for IBM stuff at this date, they are both (a) designed to plug
into a mainframe and (b) ASCII. AFAIK, they were used as the system
console on some of the big 370 derivatives at that date (4300 series and
3080 series)
If I had space, I'd be tempted to offer one a home. But I haven't :-(
Philip.
PS Are you sure the connectors aren't DA15?