Host Attachment - IBM 6400 Setup Manual

Host Attachment

The following paragraphs provide information that will help you plan your
attachment of this printer to your system. (Refer to Table C–1 for special
system requirements.)
This printer attaches to the following host devices and workstations:
AS/400 ASCII Workstation Controller port 9402 (except Model Y10),
9404, and 9406
3174 Controller–Asynchronous Emulation Adapter
IBM Personal Computer and PS/2 Systems–ASCII Serial or Parallel port
IBM Personal Computer compatible systems–ASCII Serial or Parallel
port
IBM RISC System/6000–ASCII Serial or Parallel port
Extended System/9370 ASCII Subsystem
Micro Channel 370–ASCII Serial or Parallel port
Non–IBM systems that support ASCII attachments through the following
interfaces: EIA–232–E Serial, EIA–422–B Serial, PC Parallel,
Dataproducts Parallel, and IEEE 1284 Parallel
Ethernet and Token Ring LANs via the Network Print Server features.
Ethernet LANs via the 6400 Ethernet feature.
NOTE: When a coax/twinax feature is installed, it attaches to host devices
C–2 6400 Line Matrix Printers Setup Guide, Cabinet and Pedestal Models
and workstations that support coax/twinax.