Uploaded November 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Ken Schirriff wrote a very interesting blog entry about early IBM terminals and their text formatting:

righto.com

He covers the 2260 and 3270 families, a bit of the technology behind them. Check it out.

I figure this might be a good time to show off the 3272 in my collection, the rarely seen first generation controller for the early 3270 terminals.

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