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Re: Flashback to S/360

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Louis Ohland <ohland@charter.net> wrote:
> We know of AIX/370, AIX/RT, and AIX/PS2.
> 
> PS/2s were used as terminals or workstations connected to AS/400 systems 
> as well.
> 
> Was there ANY connection of a PS/2 to a S/360 system? Maybe not 
> directly, perhaps by using something like a 3172 or an interconnect gizmo?

IBM offices circa 1987 were a sea of XT 3270s with the occasional AT
3270 and PS/2 with a 3270 adapter card in it. If you had a PS/2, it was
really nice because it could use expanded / extended / "XMA" memory to
let you run more simultaneous 3270 sessions. By 1989 most people had a
PS/2 on their disk. My had a Model 1 Type 80, with an absurd number of
memory cards in it.

By 1989 people would also be running OS/2 Extended Edition, which made
the multitasking a lot easier and had a nice GUI for all of your 3270
sessions... and the 3270 adapter cards were getting replaced with Token
Ring cards, and the 3270 protocol spoken "natively" over that.

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Flashback to S/360 Louis Ohland <ohland@charter.net> - 2026-08-04 07:54 -0500
  Re: Flashback to S/360 Louis Ohland <ohland@charter.net> - 2026-08-04 08:01 -0500
    Development of 360/370 Architecture - A Plain Man's View Louis Ohland <ohland@charter.net> - 2026-08-04 08:41 -0500
  Re: Flashback to S/360 Kevin Bowling <kevin.bowling@kev009.com> - 2026-08-04 10:18 -0700
    Re: Flashback to S/360 Rick Ekblaw <ekblaw@vnet.ibm.com> - 2026-08-05 20:10 -0400
  Re: Flashback to S/360 David H Durgee <dhdurgee@privacy.net> - 2026-08-04 12:51 -0600
  Re: Flashback to S/360 "Josh Rodd" <joshua.at.rodd.dot.us@rodd.us> - 2026-08-08 14:59 +0000
    Re: Flashback to S/360 Rick Ekblaw <ekblaw@vnet.ibm.com> - 2026-08-09 20:01 -0400
      Re: Flashback to S/360 "Josh Rodd" <joshua.at.rodd.dot.us@rodd.us> - 2026-08-10 00:14 +0000
        Re: Flashback to S/360 Rick Ekblaw <ekblaw@vnet.ibm.com> - 2026-08-12 18:49 -0400
          Re: Flashback to S/360 Kevin Bowling <kevin.bowling@kev009.com> - 2026-08-12 16:23 -0700
            Re: Flashback to S/360 Rick Ekblaw <ekblaw@vnet.ibm.com> - 2026-08-14 16:52 -0400

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