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Re: IBM 3750 question

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From: Rich Greenberg
Date: Sat, 03 Oct 1992 06:54
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In article <23023.2759215168@kiwi.gen.nz> rabbi@kiwi.gen.nz (Rabbi Bajzheet) writes:
>A friend of mine has recently bought an IBM 3750 Communications Controller.

Most likely a 3705, which was IBMs primary communications controller 
for many years.  Came in both communications and channel attached
versions.  You have the former.

>BTW, this thing is BIG, like 1.7m*0.7m*0.8m...

Thats a small one.  The big ones are about 4m long, same height & width.

>All the date stamps we can find on it say it was made in 1980, but the design
>looks a bit older than that.

I think they came out in the mid 70's.

>With te mux came 15 IBM 3782 terminals (think I got the number right - lost the

Could they be 3278's?  This is an ebcdic CRT from around the same era.
Needs to be connected to a 3274 or 3174 controller, which can be either
channel attached or communications attached.
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Rich Greenberg - N6LRT - 310-649-0238 - richg@hatch.socal.com
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