IBM 3179G

IBM 3179G
Also known as IBM 3179G Color Display Station
Manufacturer IBM
Release date March 1984 (1984-03)
Introductory price US$2,295 (equivalent to $5,406 in 2017)

The IBM 3179G released in March 1984[1] is an IBM mainframe computer terminal providing 80×24 or 80×32 characters plus graphics.[2][3][4][5][6]

3179-G terminals combine text and graphics as separate layers on the screen. Although the text and graphics appear combined on the screen, the text layer actually sits over the graphics layer. The text layer contains the usual IBM 3270-style cells which display characters (letters, numbers, symbols, or invisible control characters).[7] The graphics layer is an area of 720×384 pixels.[8] 'All Points Addressable' or 'vector graphics' is used to paint each pixel in one of sixteen colors. As well as being separate layers on the screen, the text and graphics layers are sent to the display in separate data streams, making them completely independent.

The G10 model is a standard 122-key typewriter keyboard, while the G20 model offers APL on the same layout. Compatible with IBM System/370, IBM 4300 series, 303x, 308x, IBM 3090, and IBM 9370.

References

  1. ↑ "IBM 3179 COLOR DISPLAY STATION, Announcement Letter Number 184-039". March 20, 1984. IBM announces the 3179 Color Display Station, a new, low price, color display member of the IBM 3270 Information Display System. The 3179 is a compact, 7-color, 1920-character, 14-inch CRT with bright, clear colors and a smudge-free screen surface. It features a new, modifiable keyboard, and function equivalent to that provided by both the IBM 3279 Models S2A and S2B....First customer shipment for the 3179 is planned for March 1984. ...Purchase...$2,295...
  2. ↑ Mark Stephens (June 20, 1988). "Sun Software Emulates IBM Display Terminal". InfoWorld. Vol. 10 no. 25. p. 11. emulates an IBM 3179G display terminal and allows Sun workstation users
  3. ↑ Jim Brown (February 16, 1987). "Telex beefs up its lineup". Network World. Vol. 4 no. 7. p. 27. ...The firm also introduced an option that supports attachment of IBM's 3179G Graphic Display Station to a series 274 controller...
  4. ↑ Ken Hornstein (January 10, 1991). "IBM 3179G: To beep or not to beep". Newsgroup: comp.terminals.
  5. ↑ "Object: 11000554 IBM 3179G, producer: IBM, serial number: 55-N1186, dating: 1985-11-01 - 1985-11-30, received: 2009-11-18, Description: IBM 3179 - Display station (color or graphics) for IBM 3270". Danish Data Historical Society Wiki.
  6. ↑ "Software & Services:Productivity Aids". Computerworld. Vol. 19 no. 28. July 15, 1985. p. 62. Pansopic Systems, Inc has announced that Gener/O1, its online program development system for IBM's CICS, now supports IBM's 3179 Model G graphics terminal...
  7. ↑ Greg Price (January 2008). "3270 Graphics". Prycroft Six. 2. Native Vector Graphics - introduced with the 3179G and also used by the 3192G and 3472G.
  8. ↑ "3179G graphics coordinates". Reflection for IBM 14.x - Programming Reference. IBM 3179G graphics coordinates divide the Reflection window into 384 vertical units and 720 horizontal units.


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