IBM Mainframe terminal stuff

[Mike Ross]

Grrrr I should have said "hook a *3271* directly to a Cisco router"

Mike
On Dec 20, 2015 9:57 AM, "Mike Ross" <tmfdmike at gmail.com> wrote:

> Oh that IS interesting. I have a 3172; never done anything useful with it.
> Maybe time to have a play. I do remember there was a version of the 3172
> that had a P/390 card in it, to allow it to run some kinds of comms stuff
> that normally ran on a mainframe CPU.
>
> Cisco sounds useful too; I'll investigate that. So with the right cabling
> you could potentially hook a 3277 directly to a correctly configured Cisco
> router, then (say) telnet to a Linux box... Just as you can with a 3278
> connected to a correctly configured 3174? 'Correctly configured' in both
> cases involving the incantation of complex and obscure runes...
>
> Mike
> On Dec 20, 2015 8:04 AM, "Ken Seefried" <seefriek at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Mike Ross <tmfdmike at gmail.com>
>>
>> > I have a 3172 controller; physically rough and needs restoration but
>> *should* work if
>> > I can fake the remote connection and modem - bisync etc. B
>>
>> From: Paul Berger <phb.hfx at gmail.com>
>>
>> > you need a modem eliminator mostly to provide the clocks for the sync
>> data line,
>> > other than that is is similar to a null modem.
>>
>> Not sure if this would work here, but the Cisco IOS "IBM Feature Set"
>> has support for all sorts of weird bisync use cases.  I've used it to
>> fake termination of an ALC (Airline Line Control) bisync connection
>> where a modem connection was expected.  You can then convert, tunnel
>> or bridge to any number of other strange things.
>>
>> There even exists an IBM channel attach card for the Cisco 7k routers
>> that turns it into the equivalent of a 3172 and/or 3745.
>>
>> KJ
>>
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