IBM 3101 terminals

From: Philip.Belben_at_powertech.co.uk <(Philip.Belben_at_powertech.co.uk)>
Date: Wed Oct 8 16:06:12 1997

Mike Thompson wrote:

> It wasn't until yesterday's topic of "Those pesky db15 ports" that I
> remembered a couple of terminals that I hauled home recently.
> The terminals have a DB15 for both the monitor and keyboard.
>
> Anyway, I hauled home a couple of IBM 3101 terminals. They
> consist of a base unit, a monitor, and a keyboard. From the ID
> tags they appear to be around 1980 vintage.

Unusually for IBM stuff at this date, they are both (a) designed to plug
into a mainframe and (b) ASCII. AFAIK, they were used as the system
console on some of the big 370 derivatives at that date (4300 series and
3080 series)

If I had space, I'd be tempted to offer one a home. But I haven't :-(

Philip.

PS Are you sure the connectors aren't DA15?
Received on Wed Oct 08 1997 - 16:06:12 BST