14 Jun
2016
14 Jun
'16
11:49 a.m.
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From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Mattis Lind
Sent: 14 June 2016 19:25
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Subject: Re: Informer 213 terminal - 3274 / 3178 compatible ?
OK so that answers that question. It sounds like its HDLC only...
Looking at the documents on the web it looks like the AE is a straight
forward VT100 terminal, the PT was the 3270 version.
If it is an AE it should work with any Unix/Linux/PDP/VAX etc. etc.
out of the box.
I think that the PT was a version which included a 386SX processor and the AE is
a pure terminal. http://bit.ly/1UrQL8Z My guess is that the firmware is the
difference between the one I have and the the VT100 version. Possibly the
modem board as well.
It is not possible to configure it to do anything like bi-sync. There is a setting to
configure NRZI or NRZ line coding, nothing else.
Let's hope there is someone out there that could dump the EPROMs. I hope to
get a response from the guy which shows a VT100 Informer 213 on Youtube. It
would be nice to actually use it. Attaching it to something IBMish using VTAM
seems unlikely.
I am not sure about that. There are HDLC to TCPIP gateways e.g. :-
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/zosbasics/com.ibm.zos.znetwork/…
/Mattis
> Dave
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