[ale] 3151 terminal emulation?

[Jeff Hubbs]

Mark -

Google "reflection terminal emulator."  Reflection 4+ was a Win32 
term-emul that worked pretty well.  Especially because it's old, it may 
work just fine under Wine.

Jerald Sheets wrote:

> 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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