> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Ed Finnell
>
> In a message dated 12/29/2010 10:56:45 P.M. Central Standard Time,
> mike.a.sch...@gmail.com writes:
>
> Maybe we should refurbish IBM 3278s instead of PC with 3270E
Emulators?
>
>
> >>
> IBM pretty much dropped the nuggets when they tried to prop up the
cash
> cows. We had to replace a 20Mb hard drive in one of our last 3174
controllers
> to the tune of $1400 when you could get a 5Gb PC drive for under $99.
And nowadays you can get a 1.5Tb SATA drive for around $79.
I recently "recycled" a 3174-61R "souvenir" because I no longer had need
for a "doorstop" that size, and I don't have a boat. :-)
-jc-
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