Appendix B. Emulating The Ten Ascii Terminals; Functions Supported Differently In Emulation Mode - IBM 3151 Manual To Operations

Emulating the Ten ASCII Terminals
Functions Supported Differently in Emulation Mode
The following figure shows which emulated terminal functions are different and
how they are different.
Function Difference in Emulation Mode
Test commands Replaced with the internal check program. "This
program runs automatically each time the display_
station is powered-on or test mode is started.
Keyboard layout A keyboard overlay (GXI8-2288) is provided to
permit use of the IBM 3151 keyboard for Ten
ASCII Terminals emulation. Both sides of the
overlay are used to support two types of keyboards.
See Figure B-2 on page B-3 for overlay placement.
Key caps are provided optionally. Figure B-3
shows the emulation keyboards after key caps have
been changed.
Keyboard labels
Some labels on the keys are printed differently. See
"Key Labels" on page B-7.
Main port
The IBM 3151 uses"an EIA RS-232C DTE-type
female connector.
Auxiliary port The IBM 3151 uses an EIA RS-232C DCE-type
female connector.
Displayed characters Shapes and sizes are different.
Setup menus Menu layouts and definitions are different. See
"Setup Menus and Setup Value Descriptions" on
page 2-17 Jor more information.
Figure B-1. Functions Supported Differently in Emulation Mode
B-2
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