15 Dec
2006
15 Dec
'06
10:24 a.m.
On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 06:56:05PM -0800, jim stephens wrote:
Also it probably is attached via channels, as
evidenced by the cable block
on the lower picture, which makes it a bit of a white elephant in todays
data centers, which have moved to ESCON for the most part.
The current mainframe in the shop I work in has mostly FICON channels.
There's a few ESCON cards in there also. Believe it or not we still have
some bus/tag channel attached 3274s, 3174s, not to mention a 6262 printer
that's bus/tag. Bus/tag channels were not an option with our current
mainframe so we had to get some bus/tag converters. I think the bus/tag
converters are attached to ESCON channels. The 3274s and 3174s are
definitely on their way out. We just replaced the last of the printers they
were supporting. Yes, until recently we still had several 4224 printers in
service.
Kevin
http://www.RawFedDogs.net
http://www.WacoAgilityGroup.org
Bruceville, TX
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