10 Apr
2006
10 Apr
'06
11:07 a.m.
Richard wrote:
In article <200604101740.k3AHeOsc025392 at
yagi.h-net.msu.edu>,
Dennis Boone <drb at msu.edu> writes:
Ok, perhaps an S/36? Or a P/390 and a 3274.
Seriously, it's not like these things have RS-232 ports.
It was the "mainframe" businss I thought was overkill, not the EBCDIC
part. And yes, I realize they don't have RS-232 ports. That's
obvious from looking at the back of the terminal :-).
Didn't they make cards for an IBM PC so you could attach a terminal of
this style to it?
Sort of. There's a card which will allow a PC to talk to a 3174
establishment controller. However, I don't know of any software that
will allow a plain-vanilla PC to talk to a 3174 without emulating a
mainframe or midrange system.
Peace... Sridhar
Get a mainframe. Or at least something that speaks
EBCDIC.
That's kinda overkill don't ya think?