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

24 Sep 1999

hat's interesting because mine has a 10MB drive buit in.  I didn't think
they came without HDs because they needed the terminal software, etc...
-----Original Message-----
From: David Williams &lt;dlw(a)trailingedge.com&gt;
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
&lt;classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu&gt;
Date: Friday, September 24, 1999 8:42 AM
Subject: Re: IBM 3270 PC

I think I've seen the monitors before too.  I may have seen the
keyboard once long ago.  But I already have an IBM PC which I
use to play around with CP/M-86 so wasn't sure if I wanted to keep
this.  Of course the PC is a PC and not an XT.  It doesn't have the
hard drive on it so maybe I'll use this one as a CP/M-86 machine
now.

On 24 Sep 99, at 8:33, Mike Allison wrote:

...
  I sometimes see the monitors.  They're VERY
obvious.  They are large with
 an oversize square-ish case and a built in swivel stand.  I'm not looking
 at the monitor right now, so I forget what the plate says on it.  But it
 also has a big red toggle switch.  You can see them from miles away.

 Again, I believe there are other adapter plugs on the board, so other
 monitors would work...

 I've been running CPM-86 as well as other weird stuff on it.  It's real
 IBM so that early software runs well and correctly on the 3270...

 -mike 

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