RE: Re Maintenance Withdrawal

   Yea !!  This beast.  We used to use it to copy 3741 Diskette files on to
 tape. Then we count mount the tape and run sysin from it, or just read 
the data file. 

        We could actually build a hdr1/hdr2 on the 3741 and copy it to 
the tape with JCL for sysin.

        JMS

On Thu, 19 Mar 1998, Neil Palmer wrote:

> You mean the 3747-001 Data Converter ?
> Up to 8K bytes of memory, 1200bps modem, 1/2" tape controller.
> They withdrew maintenance on that at the end of 1996 !
> 
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:       Jeffrey M. Silberberg [SMTP:silbrbrg@netcom.com]
> > Sent:       Thursday, March 19, 1998 8:31 AM
> > To: neil.williams@pocruises.com
> > Cc: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> > Subject:    Re: Re Maintenance Withdrawal
> > 
> > 
> >  Yes, BUT  do you remember what the 3747 was ???  I do !!!  :-(  
> > 
> > On Thu, 19 Mar 1998 neil.williams@pocruises.com wrote:
> > 
> > >         
> > >      >3741 ALL             DATA STATION      
> > >      >3742 ALL             DUAL DATA STATION 
> > >      
> > >      I remember this stuff. Big clunky satisfying noises came out of
> > 'em 
> > >      every time you hit the enter key, and an even bigger satisfying
> > clunk 
> > >      when the m/c switched the floppy (8" were they?) through a few 
> > >      degrees.
> > >      
> > >      The screen was set into the table top facing flat upward toward
> > the 
> > >      ceiling, and the characters were displayed upside down and the
> > wrong 
> > >      way round. A small square box was set directly over the screen,
> > and 
> > >      this held a mirror at approx 45/50 degrees over the screen.
> > From the 
> > >      operators sitting position they viewed the (3 line ?) screen
> > thru' the 
> > >      mirror, like a periscope in reverse. The dual one allowed two 
> > >      operators to sit on different sides in a sort of 'Lover's Seat'
> > 
> > >      configuration.
> > >      
> > >      Ahhh the old days. '77 ?
> > >      
> > >      Neil H-W
> > >      
> > 
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