Even dumb tubes expire

[Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

A couple of nights ago we had a grand thunderstorm here.  My systems are 
all on Tripp UPS devices, so they never even so much as flicker, but we 
had a strike maybe 30 feet from the house and we all felt it.  A little 
later I checked the logs and noticed my console (an true blue IBM 
console) was reporting failures.  I powered it off, varied the 
controller and it seemed to be okay, but today it started acting up 
again.  It would connect, be okay, then cycle out.  I replaced it with a 
standby Lynx model, but that's it for that poor machine.

So, while dumb tubes are reliable, they aren't immortal.  And thus comes 
the issue.  I'm on my last backup terminal.  I don't know if I want to 
buy a couple more; they're cheap enough, but they do take up space.  Can 
I take my model 270 with V5R4 and use a LAN console with it?  It's a 
9406-270, 22A4 feature code, if that helps anyone.

Joe