I bought a 3174-1L from my university because it was $20 and I didn't know that 1) it was a boat anchor without the rest of the system and 2) it wouldn't actually fit in the back seat of a Hyundai Sonata and 3) it was wired for 208v so doubly useless in mu 110v country.
I'm pretty sure there was some sort of local processing power, since it had a floppy drive to load "firmware" discs. I await the Doom port.
I really know next to nothing about the IBM mainframe world--I'm more of a retro-DEC guy. But that seeing that beautiful 3278 terminal pegs my retro-envy needle every time. God I would love to own one!
It is a work in progress and is far from providing all the features you might expect from a later model 3174, but it does provide basic TN3270 and VT100 emulation.
+ TN3270
+ Extended Data Stream
+ Basic TN3270E
+ Device name (LU) negotiation
o SSL/TLS
I think that last one is a joke but I really don’t know enough about this sort of thing to be sure…
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+ TN3270
+ Extended Data Stream
+ Basic TN3270E
+ Device name (LU) negotiation
o SSL/TLS
I think that last one is a joke but I really don’t know enough about this sort of thing to be sure…
https://ajk.me/building-an-ibm-3270-terminal-controller