3 Mar
2008
3 Mar
'08
12:54 p.m.
I would like to know what an IBM 3088 was used for?
These were used to link two mainframes up directly.
Is its functionality limited to CTC?
More or less.
Can it be used as a standalone system, server,
machine, ...?
Not really. I suppose the firmware could be hacked so you could do
other fun stuff, but you might as well get a more friendly machine to
work on.
I am asking these questions because I might get hands
on 3 of them
and according to my contact 2 out of 3 are still NOS.
So I wonder if I (as a DEC/Unix Guy) can make any use out of them.
Likely no, but there are people here that can.
--
Will