[ale] 3151 terminal emulation?

[Jeff Hubbs]

Yeah, but perhaps you can pick one up on eBay for fifty cents plus shipping.

Jerald Sheets wrote:

>It's a pay product, though, isn't it?
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>--J
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>On Apr 12, 2006, at 4:54 PM, Jeff Hubbs wrote:
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>>Mark -
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>>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.
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>>Jerald Sheets wrote:
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>>>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
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>>>On Apr 12, 2006, at 4:45 PM, Mark Wright wrote:
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>>>>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
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>>>>On Apr 12, 2006, at 4:27 PM, Jerald Sheets wrote:
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>>>>>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/
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>>>>>On Apr 12, 2006, at 4:16 PM, Mark Wright wrote:
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>>>>>>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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