17 Dec
2006
17 Dec
'06
5:18 p.m.
In article <200612171249.21812.pat at computer-refuge.org>,
Patrick Finnegan <pat at computer-refuge.org> writes:
It looks like the IBM 5360 in Kansas is back on ebay
(the seller says
that the buyer didn't pick it up; probably didn't realize the size of
these things...)
http://search.ebay.com/130059850446
What's a 5251 display station? Looks like a terminal to me :-).
I tried finding stuff on google, but most of it is documentation for
products /emulating/ a 5251.
It appears to be part of that coax cable terminal networking stuff and
associated with a 5250 display station controller.
What's the controller do? Are the smarts in the controller with the
keyboard and display being relatively dumb?
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