BuggZ
Experienced Member
I've never worked with an IBM AIX system before so today I decided to set up my AS/400 that I had acquired a while back. I have the 3197-D10 terminal display and the TWINAX cabling and distribution box. I connected the display to the AS/400 and powered the display on first and got a loud squealing noise from the display. Powered on the tower and it showed activity on the tape and CD drives. I never did get any kind of display on the terminal though. I disconnected the interface cable from the back of the monitor to the terminal card in the base of the terminal and the noise stopped. I suspect the terminal got damaged when the movers packed it up during my move in July (wrapped it in one layer of bubble wrap and covered the screen with cardboard, but left the interface cable connected). Before I have to go fight with the moving company over the cost of repairs, I thought I'd ask if anyone here has any suggestions or pointers in case I have something configured wrong.