Advantages; Ibm 3708 Network Conversion Unit - IBM 3708 Description

Advantages
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3708 Network Conversion Unit
The 3708 provides the following major advantages:
• It reduces communication costs by reducing the number of telecommunication
lines needed, by reducing the number of communication controller ports needed,
and by allowing a display with a connected printer to share a single
communication downstream line.
• It supports personal computer file transfer through the IBM PC/HOST File
Transfer and Terminal Emulator Program (FTTERM).
• It allows you to manage the configuration and microcode fixes of the 37088 in a
network from a central control point. This management capability is provided
by 3708 Feature 3525 (pluggable Cartridge with Central Site Configuration) and
its associated PC aid.
• It supports network management by sending alert messages to NetView or to the
Network Problem Determination Application (NPDA), and response time
statistics to NetView or to the Network Logical Data Manager (NLDM) for
displays that are connected for protocol conversion, and by notifying an SNA
host of changes in the power status of attached ASCII end-user devices.
• It supports multiple modes of operation. Protocol conversion, protocol
enveloping, and ASCII pass-through modes can be supported simultaneously.
• It eliminates the need for NTO start-stop support in the communication controller
by providing protocol enveloping for ASCII end-user devices that are compatible
with TWX 33/35.
• It connects to most ASCII displays using standard 128-character ASCII in
protocol conversion mode. The 3708 provides ASCII-to-3270 keyboard
mappings for many displays and allows additional keyboard mappings to be
defined at the control terminal.
• It supports IBM 3270 Models 2, 3, 4, and 5 emulation when operating in protocol
conversion mode.
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IBM 3708 Description