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Started by snailart
Sun, 12 Oct 1997 00:00
the 3270 IBM connection card
Author: snailart
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 1997 00:00
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 1997 00:00
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I was wondering if someone can point me in the direction of more information about the 3270 card I have on 3 old ps/2 65sx machines . I was wanting to network them with these cards, is it possible? Is there a site which has information about these sort of cards? thanks for your help @!! PRR
Re: the 3270 IBM connection card
Author: John_Johnson
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 00:00
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 00:00
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In <3440850F.77F@ar.com.au> snailart@ar.com.au writes: > I was wondering if someone can point me in the direction of more > information about the 3270 card I have on 3 old ps/2 65sx machines . > I was wanting to network them with these cards, is it possible? > > Is there a site which has information about these sort of cards? > > thanks for your help The 3270 card is not a `network card' per se: it is a `Terminal Emulation' card which allows a PC to emulate the function of a dedicated `Dumb Terminal' on an IBM (or equivalent) mainframe system. It is highly improbable you could get these to `talk' to each other in the fashion of Ethernet, ArcNet or Token Ring. Hope this helps, John Johnson ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + John Johnson + + IBM OnLine End-User Support BBS Partner + + & CompuServe IBM PS/2 Forum Co-SysOp + + ECCO Computer Specialists + + JohnJohnsn<@>compuserve.com (76255,1346) + + aka + + TXJohn47@ix<dot>netcom<dot>com + ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -- John_Johnson TXJohn47@ix.netcom.com � 1997 All rights reserved
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