If there’s only lesson to be learned from [alnwlsn]’s conversion of an IBM Selectric typewriter into a serial terminal for Linux, it’s that we’ve been hanging around the wrong garbage cans.

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] ...

A plug-in board that turns a desktop computer into an IBM mainframe terminal. The first 3270 emulator was the IRMA board from Digital Communications Associates. The board is sometimes called a ...

International Business Machines Corp. unveiled its latest mainframe system, saying that a chunk of business data will remain ...