5250 Emulator?

From: Russ Blakeman <rhblake_at_bigfoot.com>
Date: Sun Aug 15 08:51:21 1999

It's a card to allow your PC (using drivers and a 5250 client) to interface to
other machines as a 5250 type terminal, such as an AS/400. I use them at work and
they are very useful for people that still use twinaxial cable to the server. you
should have a T shaped unit that has a 15 pin connection on the end that attaches
to the card's connector, and it should have a coax type connection with 2 center
conductors on the other 2 ends. this is the terminator/passthru that allows
twinaxial connection. by the way Perle (canada too) still sells ISA, PCI and MCA
5250 emuls starting at $250...of course they usually get about $1.50 at the local
junk fests/swap meets. Don't toss it though, someone probably has a use for it.

Charles E. Fox wrote:

> There is a pc board in my collection labled "5250 Emulator". Can anyone
> tell me anything about this?
Received on Sun Aug 15 1999 - 08:51:21 BST