IBM 3174 C 6.4 Microcode Disks?
Grant Taylor
cctalk at gtaylor.tnetconsulting.net
Sun Feb 17 00:05:23 CST 2019
On 2/16/19 9:49 PM, Kevin Monceaux via cctalk wrote:
> The 9121 voice server connected a T1 line to the RS/6000 for use by
> DT/6000. DT/6000 was used to create interactive phone menu systems.
Is that by chance a 9291? Looks like a white / bage box with a grey
strip on the front with lights or buttons and a serial port and ""phone
(PSTN) network jack on the back?
> I suspect wherever I saw the term "bridge" used, it was used in the sense
> of providing IP connectivity from token ring to Ethernet, in the same
> sense that a physical bridge provides connectivity between two banks of
> a river.
ACK
> Yes, that's what our RS/6000 was doing. It connected via token ring
> to the 3174 and screen scraped 3270 sessions to move data between its
> phone menu system and our mainframe. You might find this interesting:
>
> http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/lan/ZZ78-0355-0_IBM_Token-Ring_Gateways_and_Bridges_Comparisons_and_Recommendations_Nov89.pdf
Probably more show than is health in this day and age.
I counter you with this:
https://www.argecy.com/3174
> I don't have it yet. If I'm able to get it with its config intact,
> I'll share what I can, minus any company specific details.
Cool!
Based on the Argecy link above, I'm guessing that it's likely routed
TCP/IP. That would be the simplest option.
--
Grant. . . .
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