I believe that's a different beast. The 3270PC is documented in Scott
Muellers "Upgr. and Rep PCs" 3rd ed. It had it's own monitor the 5272 and yes
would work in either 3270 mode or PC. The KB is as you describe. IIRC Phillip
Belbin had one and described it in an earlier thread. The video adapter would
not display properly with a CGA IIRC. The 5272 is an EGA-like 8 color display.
ciao larry
On 23 Sep 99 at 4:45, Russ Blakeman wrote:
> It was a PC/XT 5160 that was built with a 3270 adapter to be used as a
> disked 3270 terminal. It will run the things PC and XT will as well. The
> keyboard was an extended version of the normal having more F keys and a
> few other differences.. I've used a regular XT keyoard with one without
> going into terminal mode and it worked fine.The monitor should be a
> regular green or amer mono unless a different video board was used as an
> aftermarket item. The motheroard, controllers, serial/parallel ports,
> case and drives are all the same as a 5160 XT. The BNC ported card is the
> 3270 emulator card.
>
> David Williams wrote:
>
> > Got an urge to go to a thrift I haven't been to in a while and found
> > what was labeled as a 3270 PC. Brought it home and opened it
> > up. Looking at the boards inside I'd guess it was a 3270 PC as the
> > label said. No keyboard or monitor. I'm guessing it used different
> > ones than the normal PC. It has a hard disk, but have to pull it to
> > see what type first and 2 half height 5.25" floppies. Not sure what
> > software is on the drive. Anyone tell me anything else about this?
> > Such as where to locate a keyboard and monitor, what each of the
> > boards might be, etc. I can go into some detail on the cards if
> > need be. Half appear to be normal drive controllers and serial port,
> > etc. Then there is one with a BNC connector and two others that
> > have a small jumper board between them. Should I even keep it?
> > Hmmmm....
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > -----
> > David Williams - Computer Packrat
> > dlw_at_trailingedge.com
> > http://www.trailingedge.com
>
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