IBM 3270 PC - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

22 Sep 1999

In a message dated 9/22/99 9:37:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
dlw(a)trailingedge.com writes:

...
  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.... 
Ive one as well. Just a regular old 10meg xt with additional goodies to 
connect to mainframe. runs like a 327x mainframe console. a special monitor 
and keyboard were used. there may be a dongle plugged into the keyboard port; 
you can unplug that and use a standard xt keyboard. you'll get a 30x post 
error, but you can continue. some of the cards were for connecting via twinax 
(IIRC) and the special video modes that were required when you ran emulation. 
My 3270 machine has a regular old MDA adaptor so that was no problem either. 

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