For example, when someone enters an order into the mainframe via a 3270 terminal interface, an ERP package running on a Unix box can be updated immediately rather than waiting for a batch update.

However, mainframe IBM computers used an odd style of terminal and emulating it on a PC isn’t always as satisfying. At least, that’s what [lowobservable] thought, so he decided to get a 3270 ...

When it was all about the baud rate The world of datacenter networking is crammed with exotic technology and capabilities beyond the imaginings of administrators charged with running big iron decades ...

IBM mainframes are known for very unusual terminals. But IBM made many different things, including the IBM 3151 ASCII terminal, which uses a cartridge to emulate a VT220 terminal. [Norbert Keher] h… ...

That's why, if you were able to do what I suggested yesterday: find people who had used either mainframe terminal systems like those based on the 327X line or mini-computer users on early ...

In the beginning, Citrix founders used the first real mainframe-like system for Windows OS/2 to launch the terminal server concept. Back then, the “great divide” was between high-end, graphics ...

This Soroc line of terminals was popular with early personal computer users due to its relatively low cost ($995 for the IQ-120, for example). Both were monochrome with 80x24 character capabilities.