Re: Hercules connection to physical ibm 3179 terminal

"George Shedlock [email protected] [hercules-390]" <[email protected]> Sat, 7 Mar 2020 14:38:37 -0500
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First, I would strongly suggest moving this to the groups.io group. 
There you will get more and possibly better responses.

Second, Were you able to get an inventory of all of the parts and pieces 
(including cables)?

George

On 3/7/2020 2:34 PM, [email protected] [hercules-390] wrote:
>
> Hi Devin,
>
> I second Fish’s advice for you to join the groups.io Hercules-390 
> group, this Yahoo group is now moribund.
>
> That said, I believe I remember seeing messages within the last few 
> years somewhere, maybe on this group and maybe elsewhere, that there 
> are terminal controller boxes that had an Ethernet connection option 
> (not sure of the device numbers, possibly one of 3174/3274) so if one 
> or more of those controller boxes is among the many peripherals you 
> were given you may be able to cobble something together that could 
> connect to a Hercules system.  Something like:
>
> 3179 terminal -> coax cable to 3x74 controller -> ethernet connection 
> to router -> IP of Hercules running on a PC system
>
> At least I think it is possible, but please don’t take my word for it 
> – I’m definitively NOT a hardware guru.
>
> The people at the Living Computers: Museum and Lab may be of some 
> assistance to you.  Their website is here:
>
> https://www.livingcomputers.org/
>
> HTH
>
> Peter
>
> *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Saturday, March 7, 2020 2:31 AM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* [hercules-390] Hercules connection to physical ibm 3179 
> terminal
>
>
>
>
> Greetings. I've been quiet here, reading in the background for quite 
> some time. I have had an interest in learning about mainframes for 
> some time.
>
> A deal came along, and i am picking up a couple very large Z systems 
> from a datacenter. Where i am going to put them and power them is 
> another issue though.
>
> I was given many peripherals that went along with older systems from 
> the datacenter, and i picked up a lot of 3179 terminals with the 
> keyboards.
>
> They appear to connect via a coax jack on the back. I was curious if 
> there is a way to use these terminals along with an emulated Hercules 
> system.
>
> I have many of the terminals, I was hoping to get a few set up 
> connected to an emulated system if possible.
>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">First, I would strongly suggest moving
      this to the groups.io group. There you will get more and possibly
      better responses.</div>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Second, Were you able to get an
      inventory of all of the parts and pieces (including cables)?</div>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">George</div>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/7/2020 2:34 PM,
      <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> [hercules-390] wrote:<br>
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              <p class="MsoNormal">Hi Devin,<o></o></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><o> </o></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal">I second Fish’s advice for you to
                join the groups.io Hercules-390 group, this Yahoo group
                is now moribund.<o></o></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><o> </o></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal">That said, I believe I remember
                seeing messages within the last few years somewhere,
                maybe on this group and maybe elsewhere, that there are
                terminal controller boxes that had an Ethernet
                connection option (not sure of the device numbers,
                possibly one of 3174/3274) so if one or more of those
                controller boxes is among the many peripherals you were
                given you may be able to cobble something together that
                could connect to a Hercules system.  Something like:<o></o></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><o> </o></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal">3179 terminal -&gt; coax cable to
                3x74 controller -&gt; ethernet connection to router
                -&gt; IP of Hercules running on a PC system<o></o></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><o> </o></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal">At least I think it is possible, but
                please don’t take my word for it – I’m definitively NOT
                a hardware guru.<o></o></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><o> </o></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal">The people at the Living Computers:
                Museum and Lab may be of some assistance to you.  Their
                website is here:<o></o></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><o> </o></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.livingcomputers.org/" moz="true">https://www.livingcomputers.org/</a><o></o></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><o> </o></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal">HTH<o></o></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><o> </o></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal">Peter<o></o></p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b>
                    <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>
                    <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:[email protected]">&lt;[email protected]&gt;</a> <br>
                    <b>Sent:</b> Saturday, March 7, 2020 2:31 AM<br>
                    <b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><br>
                    <b>Subject:</b> [hercules-390] Hercules connection
                    to physical ibm 3179 terminal<o></o></p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times
                      New Roman&quot;,serif;">Greetings. I've been quiet
                      here, reading in the background for quite some
                      time. I have had an interest in learning about
                      mainframes for some time.<o></o></span></p>
                </div>
                <div>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times
                      New Roman&quot;,serif;">A deal came along, and i
                      am picking up a couple very large Z systems from a
                      datacenter. Where i am going to put them and power
                      them is another issue though.<o></o></span></p>
                </div>
                <div>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times
                      New Roman&quot;,serif;"><o> </o></span></p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times
                      New Roman&quot;,serif;">I was given many
                      peripherals that went along with older systems
                      from the datacenter, and i picked up a lot of 3179
                      terminals with the keyboards.<o></o></span></p>
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                <div>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times
                      New Roman&quot;,serif;">They appear to connect via
                      a coax jack on the back. I was curious if there is
                      a way to use these terminals along with an
                      emulated Hercules system.<o></o></span></p>
                </div>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times
                      New Roman&quot;,serif;">I have many of the
                      terminals, I was hoping to get a few set up
                      connected to an emulated system if possible.<o></o></span></p>
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