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PS/2s were used as terminals or workstations connected to AS/400 systems
as well.
Was there ANY connection of a PS/2 to a S/360 system? Maybe not
directly, perhaps by using something like a 3172 or an interconnect gizmo?
Bus/Tag cables are mentioned.--- Synchronet 3.22a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
Louis Ohland wrote:
We know of AIX/370, AIX/RT, and AIX/PS2.
PS/2s were used as terminals or workstations connected to AS/400
systems as well.
Was there ANY connection of a PS/2 to a S/360 system? Maybe not
directly, perhaps by using something like a 3172 or an interconnect
gizmo?
We know of AIX/370, AIX/RT, and AIX/PS2.
PS/2s were used as terminals or workstations connected to AS/400 systems
as well.
Was there ANY connection of a PS/2 to a S/360 system? Maybe not
directly, perhaps by using something like a 3172 or an interconnect gizmo?
We know of AIX/370, AIX/RT, and AIX/PS2.
PS/2s were used as terminals or workstations connected to AS/400 systems
as well.
Was there ANY connection of a PS/2 to a S/360 system? Maybe not
directly, perhaps by using something like a 3172 or an interconnect gizmo?
On 8/4/26 05:54, Louis Ohland wrote:
We know of AIX/370, AIX/RT, and AIX/PS2.
PS/2s were used as terminals or workstations connected to AS/400
systems as well.
Was there ANY connection of a PS/2 to a S/360 system? Maybe not
directly, perhaps by using something like a 3172 or an interconnect
gizmo?
That's what the seemingly ubiquitous 3270 cards are.-a They let the PS/2 connect to a 3174, 3274, or integrated workstation controller and
function as a terminal emulator.
There is also the bus/tag card which can be used to either "emulate"
channel I/O (so you can hook up a mainframe tape/disk/controller to a
P/390) or hook up as fast CTCA data path to a mainframe.
We know of AIX/370, AIX/RT, and AIX/PS2.
PS/2s were used as terminals or workstations connected to AS/400 systems
as well.
Was there ANY connection of a PS/2 to a S/360 system? Maybe not
directly, perhaps by using something like a 3172 or an interconnect gizmo?
IBM offices circa 1987 were a sea of XT 3270s with the occasional AT
3270 and PS/2 with a 3270 adapter card in it. If you had a PS/2, it was really nice because it could use expanded / extended / "XMA" memory to
let you run more simultaneous 3270 sessions. By 1989 most people had a
PS/2 on their disk. My had a Model 1 Type 80, with an absurd number of
memory cards in it.
Yes, I had a 3270 AT/GX with the 5379 color display and simply loved it
as it gave me lots of 80 column, 50 row 3270 sessions (4 on the 3270 adapter, 4 on the Token-Ring adapter) and the screen refreshes were FAST
- a System Programmer's dream. The powers that be dropped a 8580-A31
with 8514 display and 8514/A adapter running OS/2 EE and told me to use
it instead of my old "clunker". I tried it, found it slow, and kept
running my 3270 AT/GX until OS/2 Warp 3 came out and I finally put the
3270 AT/GX to bed. By then we were up to 9590-DLG units with XGA
graphics, which was "good enough", even though the 3270 AT/GX still had
the edge on 3270 screen updates.
If there were anything I could go back in time and "rescue" from there,
it would have been the gas-plasma 3270 screen that could show 4 3270
sessions at once
Josh Rodd wrote:
If there were anything I could go back in time and "rescue" from there,
it would have been the gas-plasma 3270 screen that could show 4 3270
sessions at once
The 3290 and 3295 plasma monitors were interesting and I used one as a system monitor for a while, but having the full range of colors was
nice, too.
I've got a 3290 and it is to me kind of astonishing.-a What was the 3295?
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