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I was a bit suspicious, but I looked at an old IBM manual [1, page 23] and the characters match up. Keep in mind though, that the 3270 didn't display lower case
by kens 6y ago
I was a bit suspicious, but I looked at an old IBM manual [1, page 23] and the characters match up. Keep in mind though, that the 3270 didn't display lower case, (until later dual-case models), so the examples don't look like the classic 3270. Also, characters were generated from a 7x9 matrix, not the smooth lines in the font.
For those not familiar with old IBM systems, I'll point out that the 3270 is not a specific machine, but an "Information Display System", made up of various control units, display stations, and printers. As time went on, different models in the 3270 line appeared such as the color 3279 display with 4 color text, expandable to 7 colors. So there's not the "one true 3270 display".
[1] http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/3270/GA27-2749-1_IBM_3270_Information_Display_System_Component_Description_Jun72.pdf http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/3270/GA27-2749-1_IBM_3270_I...