24 Sep
1999
24 Sep
'99
2:19 a.m.
I use my 3270 as a standard PC. The display adapter and monitor work fine
with all software, even comes up in color with UCSD Pascal. No need to pull
the works.
-Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: Jay Jaeger <cube(a)msn.fullfeed.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Thursday, September 23, 1999 9:06 PM
Subject: Re: IBM 3270 PC
The part quoted below about the display was incorrect.
A true 3270 PC used
a special display adapter as well as
a special keyboard adapter and some special expansion memory (cabled to the
keyboard adapter, if I recall
correctly). However, you can pull all of that out, and you will have a
more or less standard XT. You can leave the
coax card in, if it suits your fancy, and you have a 327x controller around
somewhere... 8-)
Jay
At 04:45 AM 9/23/99 -0500, you wrote:
.The monitor should be a
regular green or amer mono unless a different video board was used as an
aftermarket item.
David Williams wrote:
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Jay R. Jaeger The Computer Collection
Jay.Jaeger(a)msn.fullfeed.com visit http://www.msn.fullfeed.com/~cube
Got an urge to go to a thrift I haven't been
to in a while and found
what was labeled as a 3270 PC. Brought it home and opened it
up. Looking at the boards inside I'd guess it was a 3270 PC as the
label said. No keyboard or monitor. I'm guessing it used different
ones than the normal PC. It has a hard disk, but have to pull it to
see what type first and 2 half height 5.25" floppies. Not sure what
software is on the drive. Anyone tell me anything else about this?
Such as where to locate a keyboard and monitor, what each of the
boards might be, etc. I can go into some detail on the cards if
need be. Half appear to be normal drive controllers and serial port,
etc. Then there is one with a BNC connector and two others that
have a small jumper board between them. Should I even keep it?
Hmmmm....
Thanks.
-----
David Williams - Computer Packrat
dlw(a)trailingedge.com
http://www.trailingedge.com
24 Sep
24 Sep
12:09 p.m.
True, so long as you have the MONITOR. I believe the original
correspondent did not have the monitor, and another correspondent suggested
that an ordinary monochrome monitor would work. Not true, AFAIK.
Jay
At 08:19 AM 9/24/99 -0600, you wrote:
I use my 3270 as a standard PC. The display adapter
and monitor work fine
with all software, even comes up in color with UCSD Pascal. No need to pull
the works.
-Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: Jay Jaeger <cube(a)msn.fullfeed.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Thursday, September 23, 1999 9:06 PM
Subject: Re: IBM 3270 PC
---
Jay R. Jaeger The Computer Collection
Jay.Jaeger(a)msn.fullfeed.com visit http://www.msn.fullfeed.com/~cube
The part quoted below about the display was
incorrect. A true 3270 PC used
a special display adapter as well as
a special keyboard adapter and some special expansion memory (cabled to the
keyboard adapter, if I recall
correctly). However, you can pull all of that out, and you will have a
more or less standard XT. You can leave the
coax card in, if it suits your fancy, and you have a 327x controller around
somewhere... 8-)
Jay
At 04:45 AM 9/23/99 -0500, you wrote:
.The monitor should be a
regular green or amer mono unless a different video board was used as an
aftermarket item.
David Williams wrote:
---
Jay R. Jaeger The Computer Collection
Jay.Jaeger(a)msn.fullfeed.com visit http://www.msn.fullfeed.com/~cube
Got an urge to go to a thrift I haven't been
to in a while and found
what was labeled as a 3270 PC. Brought it home and opened it
up. Looking at the boards inside I'd guess it was a 3270 PC as the
label said. No keyboard or monitor. I'm guessing it used different
ones than the normal PC. It has a hard disk, but have to pull it to
see what type first and 2 half height 5.25" floppies. Not sure what
software is on the drive. Anyone tell me anything else about this?
Such as where to locate a keyboard and monitor, what each of the
boards might be, etc. I can go into some detail on the cards if
need be. Half appear to be normal drive controllers and serial port,
etc. Then there is one with a BNC connector and two others that
have a small jumper board between them. Should I even keep it?
Hmmmm....
Thanks.
-----
David Williams - Computer Packrat
dlw(a)trailingedge.com
http://www.trailingedge.com
3:26 p.m.
worked fine on mine, with a hercules card and 5151 monitor.
Jay Jaeger wrote:
True, so long as you have the MONITOR. I believe the
original
correspondent did not have the monitor, and another correspondent suggested
that an ordinary monochrome monitor would work. Not true, AFAIK.
3 Oct
3 Oct
2:51 a.m.
Right: If you pull the display card out (and the special keyboard card and
attached memory card), then what you get is indeed a plain old XT. But if
you leave the display card in, THEN you need the corresponding monitor.
(I do note, however, that the 3270 PC Maintenance Information manual that I
have *implies* that one can also hook up a monochrome adapter to the 3270PC
display adapter. But I have *never* seen one configured that way.)
Jay
At 10:26 PM 9/24/99 -0500, you wrote:
worked fine on mine, with a hercules card and 5151
monitor.
Jay Jaeger wrote:
---
Jay R. Jaeger The Computer Collection
Jay.Jaeger(a)msn.fullfeed.com visit http://www.msn.fullfeed.com/~cube
True, so long as you have the MONITOR. I believe
the original
correspondent did not have the monitor, and another correspondent suggested
that an ordinary monochrome monitor would work. Not true, AFAIK.
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