Oh that IS interesting. I have a 3172; never done anything useful with it. Maybe time to have a play. I do remember there was a version of the 3172 that had a P/390 card in it, to allow it to run some kinds of comms stuff that normally ran on a mainframe CPU.
Cisco sounds useful too; I'll investigate that. So with the right cabling you could potentially hook a 3277 directly to a correctly configured Cisco router, then (say) telnet to a Linux box... Just as you can with a 3278 connected to a correctly configured 3174? 'Correctly configured' in both cases involving the incantation of complex and obscure runes... Mike On Dec 20, 2015 8:04 AM, "Ken Seefried" <seefr...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Mike Ross <tmfdm...@gmail.com> > > > I have a 3172 controller; physically rough and needs restoration but > *should* work if > > I can fake the remote connection and modem - bisync etc. B > > From: Paul Berger <phb....@gmail.com> > > > you need a modem eliminator mostly to provide the clocks for the sync > data line, > > other than that is is similar to a null modem. > > Not sure if this would work here, but the Cisco IOS "IBM Feature Set" > has support for all sorts of weird bisync use cases. I've used it to > fake termination of an ALC (Airline Line Control) bisync connection > where a modem connection was expected. You can then convert, tunnel > or bridge to any number of other strange things. > > There even exists an IBM channel attach card for the Cisco 7k routers > that turns it into the equivalent of a 3172 and/or 3745. > > KJ >
