[GreenKeys] IBMmainframe terminals?

[Mark T. Regan, K8MTR]

If they are 3270 type terminals, then it's very doubtful that you can attach them to a PC. Most were connected to the mainframe via
a 3174 or 3274 controller box using coax cable. From the 3174/3274 to the mainframe the connection was either channel attached,
using Bus & Tag cables or ESCON fiber channels; or they were link attached using IBM's SNA/SDLC protocols while connected to a IBM
Front End Processor (ex. a 3745).

Somewhat related, you can run some of the earlier IBM mainframe operating systems for free (ex. MVS 3.8J and VM/370 R6) on a PC
(under Windows or Linux) using the Hercules mainframe machine code emulator, and connect to it using TN3270 emulation software.
Reference:

http://www.bsp-gmbh.com/turnkey/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/turnkey-mvs/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/H390-MVS/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/H390-VM/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hercules-390/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hercules-linux/

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Mark T. Regan, K8MTR
Mainframe Systems Programmer

-----Original Message-----
From: greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jeremy Stanton
Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2005 6:48 AM
To: greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [GreenKeys] IBMmainframe terminals?

I saw some postings a few days ago about old IBM mainframe terminals.

Is it possible to connect one of these vintage terminals to a PC?

Is there any other way they can be used?

Cheers.


Jeremy



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