the 3270 is not a terminal

[Brian Horn]

	Well, actually the 3270 console CAN be used as a general purpose
terminal under AIX, INCLUDING running such programs as vi.  However, I would	state that it is truely only for the masochistic.  (I've done it :-()
The way you deal with the idiot box being a block mode device is that whenever
you want what you have typed so far to actually be sent, you must type PF12.
For vi this generally means one character, PF12, next character PF12, until
you get really good at anticipated what the screen will look like after you
send your commands typed in so far.  (Sigh, technique for using a 3270 under	Unix?).
	As far as 3270 type terminals OTHER than the console, forget it.
It was deemed not a priority, though, who knows, IBM may change their
collective mind.

							Brian Horn
							PMTS AIX development