I know we were using these http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/museum/varian/teletype-E.html teletypes well into the 1990s. By 1984 they were being used as printers only attached to a modem, 16*64 green screen, and keyboard unit.
On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 1:20 PM, Chris Mason <chrisma...@belgacom.net> wrote: > Scott > >> ... the SNA 3270 days to be exact. > > Well, not quite as exact as it might be. SNA devices supporting human end > users - as opposed to SNA devices supporting programs - needed some > technique for composing the three data elements needed for the SSCP > (VTAM) to initiate a session. This applies to all such devices not just 3270 > display devices. Some of us still recall a typewriter device, the 3767. > Racking > my brains for other such devices, I managed to conjure up the fascinating > 3770 range and, of course, the 3270 emulation on the 3790 - and was there > something similar on some of the (other) "industry" systems of the late > 1970's? > But that's all 3270 again, so doesn't count! > <deleted> -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
