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Product Description
Note: Be sure to keep your proof of purchase, because it might
be needed to receive warranty service.
The IBM 5250 Express adapters enable PCs that are designed to IBM
PC AT, ISA, EISA, PCI, and PCMCIA architecture standards to attach
to any IBM System/36, System/38, or Application System/400
(AS/400) host that supports twinaxial protocol. The adapters are
attached to the host either locally through the host Twinaxial
Workstation Controller or remotely through a 5294, 5394, or 5494
Remote Control Unit. The adapters also support either local or remote
host attachment through the 6299 Midrange Hub or the 7299 Express
Hub.
The cables for these adapters let you connect the adapters directly to
shielded twisted-pair (IBM Data Connector), unshielded twisted-pair,
and twinaxial cabling. The adapter cables bridge directly from the
adapter to the host cabling system, without requiring a series of
multiple cables and baluns.
When the adapters are used with compatible 5250 emulation programs,
they provide 5250 display station and printer emulation functions. The
adapters are supported by a variety of IBM 5250 emulation programs
for the DOS, DOS/Microsoft Windows**, and OS/2 environments.
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Part 2. User's Guide
For information about the IBM 5250 emulation programs that are
supported for these environments, see "Emulation Software" on
page 5.
For information on adapter compatibility with specific PCs, contact
your IBM Marketing Representative, IBM Authorized Advanced
Products Dealer, or IBM Authorized Value Added Dealer, or go to the
technical support web page. For information about the web page, see
Appendix A, "Technical Support" on page 47.
What's New
The IBM 5250 Express adapters provide you with the same
user-friendly features as the previous IBM 5250 Emulation Family
adapters. They also provide these additional functions:
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Support for up to seven 5250 emulation stations
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The previous adapters supported only two physical host addresses.
To use the additional host addresses, you must have emulation
software that supports the additional stations.
Support for the IBM 5250 Express Data Stream
The IBM 5250 Express adapters support both the optimized mode
and the 2 Mbps mode of the IBM 5250 Express Data Stream. To
use the IBM 5250 Express Data Stream, your host and your 5250
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