[ale] 3151 terminal emulation?

[Jerald Sheets]

It's a pay product, though, isn't it?

--J


On Apr 12, 2006, at 4:54 PM, Jeff Hubbs wrote:

> Mark -
>
> Google "reflection terminal emulator."  Reflection 4+ was a Win32
> term-emul that worked pretty well.  Especially because it's old, it  
> may
> work just fine under Wine.
>
> Jerald Sheets wrote:
>
>> Yeah, we had an actual 3151 terminal on our shark rack just for that
>> kind of work.  Never had to touch it, it was just there.
>>
>> Good luck!
>>
>> --J
>>
>>
>> On Apr 12, 2006, at 4:45 PM, Mark Wright wrote:
>>
>>> I wish I could change the type but this is an IBM disk drive
>>> controller interface.  It is a disk array that sits on a network,
>>> fiber channel or IBM's FICON channel.  ( a Shark ) I have to connect
>>> to the maintenance interface for the director portion of the box to
>>> do service on it if it breaks.
>>>
>>> The only thing interface talks to is 3151.  You get a unformatted
>>> screen with VT100 but the F-keys don't work and there are not fields
>>> to tab to.
>>>
>>> I may have to give up and find an old 3151 terminal to leave onsite.
>>> Right now I only have one site that has these drives.
>>>
>>> Mark
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Apr 12, 2006, at 4:27 PM, Jerald Sheets wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have worked on AIX systems for over ten years.  After giving up
>>>> trying to find a quality 3151 emulator, we implemented all
>>>> connections as vt220 connections.  The termcap is good, albeit
>>>> antiquated on AIX systems.
>>>>
>>>> I've used Smartterm and Putty for varying connections.
>>>>
>>>> If you need to connect serially, you can  take tty3 or 2 (depending
>>>> on the system's age) and configure it explicitly the way you  
>>>> want to
>>>> use it.
>>>>
>>>> However, for telnet/ssh, we've always used vt220.
>>>>
>>>> /--Jerald/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Apr 12, 2006, at 4:16 PM, Mark Wright wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Folks,
>>>>>
>>>>> I need to do IBM 3151 terminal emulation on Mac OS X or Linux.  (I
>>>>> prefer Mac because I carry that with me everyday anyway.  I  
>>>>> have an
>>>>> old 300 mhz laptop running Ubuntu that I can use if I can't use  
>>>>> the
>>>>> Mac.)
>>>>>
>>>>> I have used the Demo for Powerterm.  It works fine but sells for
>>>>> $150!!!!
>>>>>
>>>>> There is a winblows program called Net term that a coworker  
>>>>> uses but
>>>>> it only comes in one flavor.
>>>>>
>>>>> I was googling for info on Kermit.  I have used it to do many  
>>>>> tricks
>>>>> in the past but I cannot find any info on if it can emulate the  
>>>>> IBM
>>>>> 3151.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have Zterm but it seems to only do VT100.  3151 is a much more
>>>>> sophisticated term type.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> Mark
>>>>>
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