Re: Every day emulation

[Keith Carpenter <carpcon@xxxxxxx>]

Only seen a 5252 in pictures.  From what I recall it has 1 tube facing
up or down with mirrors to split the display into 12x80 screens.  In
DDS, it's either DSPSIZ *DS1 or *DS2 (can't remember).


James H H Lampert wrote:

> Tell me: I've seen references in the 5250 data stream 
> manual to a 5252, the first 5250 terminal with two "sides" 
> -- but I understand that unlike InfoWindows and 
> Yestations, with their figurative "sides," the 5252 had 
> two LITERAL sides, two physical screens and keyboards 
> facing opposite directions.
> 
> Is that some kind of a put-on, or was there really such an 
> animal?
> 
> Likewise, were there really once 5250 screen formats with 
> fewer than 24 lines or fewer than 80 columns?
>