IBM 3290 2 questions

From: Greg Linder <glinder_at_ews.uiuc.edu>
Date: Sun May 27 17:54:50 2001

        I was recently climbing around in a dumpster, and pulled out two
IBM 3290 plasma display terminals. Accordingt to what I can find online,
they are a beefy sort of 3270 terminal that supports split screen and
other stuff. Because I don't have any IBM equipment to hook it up to, and
I really want to see something pretty on the display, is there any other
way to get these to speak to anything except over the BNC which is on the
bottom of the screen? I have not actually powered either one of them up
yet- They rode back to my house in the back of an open-back pickup truck,
so I took them apart and am letting them dry out before I even try. They
are built typical IBM-tough, and I kind of like the looks of them.
        They appear toe be about 19" diagonal, and they each weigh close
to 40 pounds. The back comes off with these simple little springy clamp
things, and the electronics iniside are pretty cool looking. Can anybody
point me to any technical info on these bad boys? They look really cool.


        Thank you,

                Greg Linder
                glinder_at_ews.uiuc.edu
                glinder_at_uiuc.edu
Received on Sun May 27 2001 - 17:54:50 BST