Isn't the 3179 a twinaxial terminal? I'm pretty sure you can tie them to as/400. System 3/x and possibly others. I may be thinking this out backwards and may be thinking of a 3197 instead of a 3179 but it sur erings a bell even after a 14 hour shift of repairing Handspring handheld PDAs. -----Original Message----- From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Innfogra(a)aol.com Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 4:37 PM To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org Subject: Re: Monitor help needed - 3179 The 3179-2 is a color terminal. The 25 pin connector goes to the base which has all of the electronics. I do not think it is usable with anything else but Ibm minis & mainframes. Paxton