ntworks1
2003-02-11 11:53:07 UTC
I have access to a few of these - we run them in the shop I work at,
as VM/VSE terminals
as a computer operator, I am in love with these temrinals. They
keyboards are the best keyboards I've ever seen, clicky feel to them
but not so loud like the ibm pc model-M, the screen is crisp and oh-
so-orange.
I saw a semi-lengthy discussion about these on this board many months
back, but I didnt gleam the info I was looking for
what I am hoping to do is this - I would like to be able to run this
4-screens-in-1 terminal as a dumb terminal for a linux machine. I
know this is a hercules discussion board, and if all i could do was
use it as a terminal for hercules that is ok, but really i would
prefer it to be a tty terminal for hercule's host operating system -
linux (redhat 8.0). i would love to have 4 login tty terminals on
this 1 beautiful screen. i imagine running "top" in one, some text
mode network monitoring app in another, playing some text adventure
game in the other and surfing the web in text-mode lynx in the other!!
but I know this will likely be impossible/expensive/extremely hard.
what i am guessing i would need is this-
either 1) some type of old ass ISA card which consists of a 3270
controller type board that plugs into a pc motherboard (and the
drivers for this thing for linux)
or 2) some cheap and small 3270 controller which i can interface with
my pc via serial or something
so its a 1 in a million but for those of u who know the 3290-2
terminal you know it would be worth it! thanks
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as VM/VSE terminals
as a computer operator, I am in love with these temrinals. They
keyboards are the best keyboards I've ever seen, clicky feel to them
but not so loud like the ibm pc model-M, the screen is crisp and oh-
so-orange.
I saw a semi-lengthy discussion about these on this board many months
back, but I didnt gleam the info I was looking for
what I am hoping to do is this - I would like to be able to run this
4-screens-in-1 terminal as a dumb terminal for a linux machine. I
know this is a hercules discussion board, and if all i could do was
use it as a terminal for hercules that is ok, but really i would
prefer it to be a tty terminal for hercule's host operating system -
linux (redhat 8.0). i would love to have 4 login tty terminals on
this 1 beautiful screen. i imagine running "top" in one, some text
mode network monitoring app in another, playing some text adventure
game in the other and surfing the web in text-mode lynx in the other!!
but I know this will likely be impossible/expensive/extremely hard.
what i am guessing i would need is this-
either 1) some type of old ass ISA card which consists of a 3270
controller type board that plugs into a pc motherboard (and the
drivers for this thing for linux)
or 2) some cheap and small 3270 controller which i can interface with
my pc via serial or something
so its a 1 in a million but for those of u who know the 3290-2
terminal you know it would be worth it! thanks
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