19 Apr
2013
19 Apr
'13
12:53 a.m.
On 18/04/2013 22:30, geneb wrote:
On Thu, 18 Apr 2013, Dave wrote:
MP3000 come up from time to time on E-Bay and are reasonably cheap.
Finding an OS to run on one is harder. You can connect a real 3270 to
Hercules.
On 18/04/2013 16:36, Cindy Croxton Electronics
Plus wrote:
The hard part (at least from my standpoint) is getting your hands on
the IBM mainframe to begin with. We have an IBM 3270, as well as several of the
IRMA 3270. I can
test the
3270 machine, but I don't know how to test the 3270 cards. They are
LONG
ISA boards.
Cindy Croxton
I have a feeling they came with a replacement IBM Diagnostics disk
which had an extra test on for the card. I can't really see many
folks wanting one as the real fun is in using a real 3270. If you
just want to connect a PC to a mainframe then TN3270 works just fine
and is virtually indistinguishable from the use experience side of
things.
I recently saw pictures on the VCF of a 3270 keyboard a guy had (or
was in the process of) hacking to work on a PC.
I have a couple of Nokia 122 key keyboards that plug straight into a PC.
Like the one at the bottom of here:-
http://www.quadibloc.com/comp/scan.htm
g.