The following was sent in reply to the wrong note (my mistake).
IBM still supports the 3270 family of products in software (including OS's, CICS, TSO, etc.). The hardware support (install, fix, E/C's, etc.) has mostly been withdrawn from marketing. That said, many hardware vendors (including IBM) will sell hardware support contracts on older equipment, like 3274 controllers and 3278 terminals. The hardware vendor needs to maintain a supply of parts; usually these parts come from used/returned equiptment. Milage will vary on the quality of the parts. As well, the hardware vendors will want you to look at more current solutions. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
