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chickenmaster9

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I have a untested and likely non working IBM 3276 Terminal and keyboard. The terminal is in rough shape not to far gone but in dire need of a restoration, one of the side panels is missing but other than that everything appears to be there. The keyboard is clean but missing 3 of the key switch things other than that it is in good condition. The reason why I’m sharing this is because I would like to sell it to someone who would fix it or just take good care of it I’m not to sure on what a good price is but if your interested in it please feel free to ask me any questions, you can email me at <redacted>

Thank you for looking and showing interest!

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I have a untested and likely non working IBM 3276 Terminal and keyboard. The terminal is in rough shape not to far gone but in dire need of a restoration, one of the side panels is missing but other than that everything appears to be there. The keyboard is clean but missing 3 of the key switch things other than that it is in good condition. The reason why I’m sharing this is because I would like to sell it to someone who would fix it or just take good care of it I’m not to sure on what a good price is but if your interested in it please feel free to ask me any questions, you can email me at <redacted>

Thank you for looking and showing interest!

Mod Edit: Removed the email address as it is not a good idea to post such things on a public forum as this will just get abused. Instead use the PM system for private communication and sharing of personal email addresses.
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Looking at this it seems it might be difficult to get it to talk to a host

http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/3276/GA18-2081-1_3276_Description_and_Programmers_Guide.pdf

depending on model it would need a mainframe with a sync line, or an 8100 or you could go via a cisco router into a modern mainframe or perhaps a modified hercules. Its very heavy and you don't have a location in your profile, but sadly I feel the keyboard will end up going to a keyboard collector.
 
It look like 3276 is something like a 3277 with integrated 3274, right?

Then it either talks BSC or SDLC. I have been looking into BSC a bit and isn’t looking to difficult to create a gateway to TN3270. So connecting it to Hercules would then be possible. I am working on such a gateway for a 3278 compatible Alfaskop terminal. It should probably work with IBM equipment as well.

Not finished yet though.
 
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