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About this book
Who will be using this book
This book describes the IBM 3164 ASCII Color Display Station, and is
intended as a reference for those persons who:
• Operate the display station daily.
• Design and integrate the display station into the total system.
• Generate and update the host operating system to which the display
station is attached.
• Prepare the site for the setup of the display station.
How this book is organized
This book consists of six chapters:
Chapter 1, Introduction, gives a general description of the display station.
Chapter 2, Component description, describes each component of the
display station in detail.
Chapter 3, Keys and messages, describes function of the keys and
messages that appear at the bottom of the screen.
Chapter 4, Operations, describes how to operate the various functions of
the display station.
Chapter 5, Programming considerations, tells how to write programs for
the display station.
Chapter 6, Physical installation, tells how to prepare for installing the
display station.
This book also has Appendixes, a List of abbreviations, a Definition of
terms, and an Index.
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