Grrrr I should have said "hook a *3271* directly to a Cisco router"
Mike On Dec 20, 2015 9:57 AM, "Mike Ross" <tmfdm...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >> >
