On Thu, Sep 26, 2024 at 05:07 PM, Tony Harminc wrote:
When did the Yale-ASCII Series 1 software come along.
Ah, the protocol converters!
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I was working at the Simon School of Business at the University of Rochester in the mid-1980's. The school had an HP3000 computer and a slew of ascii terminals of various models and manufacturers. Through a grant, the school obtained a 4361 along with a model 7171 protocol converter. I was assigned the task of programming the key mappings to get all the terminals to speak 3270 so students could log into VM (VM/SP 5 at the time).
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I was originally hired to maintain the HP3000, but the success of the terminal mappings (which I shared with other schools), and the "how to use VM" seminars I conducted for the students made me the 4361 go-to guy and put me in position to ease into the job of sole system programmer. My boss hired someone else to deal with the HP3000 <grin>.
