I'm sure that's wrong. 3278s were all monochrome. Unless it was mislabeled.
ObAnecdote: many years ago I was working on a killer project, lots of late hours, using a color 3290 clone from Visara. I'd work 4-up until I got too tired, then switch it to one huge session with huge characters -- really nice at 2AM++! On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 4:17 PM, Rick Fochtman <[email protected]> wrote: > ----------------------------------------<snip>------------------------------------ > >> You copied that wrong. 3272 through 3278 were all monochrome (green from >> IBM, and at least one competitor had an easy to work with cyan); the first >> IBM color tube was the 3279, but it only had 7 colors and black. The 3279 >> also had triple-plane graphics, which allowed for some nifty user created >> characters. >> >> The 3290 could be configured as 4 24*80 screens, but also other sizes and >> combinations (e.g., one popular combination was 2 24*80 on top, 27*132 on >> bottom; once TSO supported it, 52*160 was also used). > > -----------------------------------<unsnip>--------------------------------------- > IIRC, my 3278-5 also had color capabilities. > > Rick > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
