[ale] 3151 terminal emulation?

[Jerald Sheets]

Yeah, we had an actual 3151 terminal on our shark rack just for that  
kind of work.  Never had to touch it, it was just there.

Good luck!

--J


On Apr 12, 2006, at 4:45 PM, Mark Wright wrote:

> I wish I could change the type but this is an IBM disk drive  
> controller interface.  It is a disk array that sits on a network,  
> fiber channel or IBM's FICON channel.  ( a Shark ) I have to  
> connect to the maintenance interface for the director portion of  
> the box to do service on it if it breaks.
>
> The only thing interface talks to is 3151.  You get a unformatted  
> screen with VT100 but the F-keys don't work and there are not  
> fields to tab to.
>
> I may have to give up and find an old 3151 terminal to leave  
> onsite.  Right now I only have one site that has these drives.
>
> Mark
>
>
>
>
>
> On Apr 12, 2006, at 4:27 PM, Jerald Sheets wrote:
>
>> I have worked on AIX systems for over ten years.  After giving up  
>> trying to find a quality 3151 emulator, we implemented all  
>> connections as vt220 connections.  The termcap is good, albeit  
>> antiquated on AIX systems.
>>
>> I've used Smartterm and Putty for varying connections.
>>
>> If you need to connect serially, you can  take tty3 or 2  
>> (depending on the system's age) and configure it explicitly the  
>> way you want to use it.
>>
>> However, for telnet/ssh, we've always used vt220.
>>
>> --Jerald
>>
>>
>> On Apr 12, 2006, at 4:16 PM, Mark Wright wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Folks,
>>>
>>> I need to do IBM 3151 terminal emulation on Mac OS X or Linux.  (I
>>> prefer Mac because I carry that with me everyday anyway.  I have an
>>> old 300 mhz laptop running Ubuntu that I can use if I can't use the
>>> Mac.)
>>>
>>> I have used the Demo for Powerterm.  It works fine but sells for
>>> $150!!!!
>>>
>>> There is a winblows program called Net term that a coworker uses but
>>> it only comes in one flavor.
>>>
>>> I was googling for info on Kermit.  I have used it to do many tricks
>>> in the past but I cannot find any info on if it can emulate the IBM
>>> 3151.
>>>
>>> I have Zterm but it seems to only do VT100.  3151 is a much more
>>> sophisticated term type.
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Mark
>>>
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