7 Mar
2006
7 Mar
'06
6:32 p.m.
I am looking for for a working IBM 5250 terminal. Anyone have one of these
big beasts, hopefully near NY?
William Donzelli
aw288 at osfn.org
8 Mar
8 Mar
7:12 a.m.
Quoting William Donzelli <aw288 at osfn.org>:
I am looking for for a working IBM 5250 terminal.
Anyone have one of these
big beasts, hopefully near NY?
William Donzelli
aw288 at osfn.org
I'd post on an AS/400 or iSeries mailing list - your chances are better.
If you don't really need the physical 'dumb-head', try a 5250 emulator.
There
is one for Linux that works over telnet.
If you go with a dumb-head, get the oldest one you can. :-) My favorites are
the ancient all-in-one tubes that have the keyboard ringer.
Mike
8:52 a.m.
In article <1141830772.440ef474b7167 at webmail.secure-wi.com>,
mbbrutman-cctalk at brutman.com writes:
If you go with a dumb-head, get the oldest one you
can. :-) My favorites are
the ancient all-in-one tubes that have the keyboard ringer.
Not really knowing anything about 5250s other than they are a terminal,
what do you mean by "dumb head"?
In the early 80s a Project DELTA colleague told me that IBM had made
some system where the terminal was essentially a keyboard and a tube
and the host computer essentially did everything. Is the 5250 that
beast? If so, where can I read details about it?
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9:24 a.m.
In the early 80s a Project DELTA colleague told me
that IBM had made
some system where the terminal was essentially a keyboard and a tube
and the host computer essentially did everything. Is the 5250 that
beast? If so, where can I read details about it?
No, the 525x were by all means smart terminals. IBM's first glass
terminal, the model2mumblefoo (can't find the book right now), was indeed
just a tube and keyboard, but had a big box under the desk that did all
the dirty work. I want one of those.
William Donzelli
aw288 at osfn.org,
12:46 p.m.
If you go with a dumb-head, get the oldest one you
can. :-) My favorites are
the ancient all-in-one tubes that have the keyboard ringer.
Of course! A cheap plastic terminal is just no fun. It is like people that
do not use a Teletype with an early PDP-8.
I like the early all-in-one types as well, but they only ones I have are a
pair of the special little 3278s used as System/3 consoles.
William Donzelli
aw288 at osfn.org
7:25 a.m.
In article <Pine.SUN.4.20.0603072128290.11017-100000 at osfn.org>,
William Donzelli <aw288 at osfn.org> writes:
I am looking for for a working IBM 5250 terminal.
Anyone have one of these
big beasts, hopefully near NY?
Didn't one of these just sell on ebay recently?
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8:54 a.m.
In article <E1FH0XF-00081Y-00 at xmission.xmission.com>,
Richard <legalize at xmission.com> writes:
Didn't one of these just sell on ebay recently?
It was a 5251, does that count? Item #8767081034, sold for $75.74
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9:19 a.m.
Didn't one
of these just sell on ebay recently?
It was a 5251, does that count? Item #8767081034, sold for $75.74 
10:04 a.m.
Speaking of IBM terminals, I'm looking for a 2741. Not the one built
into the desk, but the table top model that memory recalls as being
*really* deep and heavy. The one we had was a lovely turquoise color.
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