IBM 5100 Communications Manual

With the Communications Adapter feature, the IBM 5100 Portable Computer
transmits data to and receives data from a remote system. The 5100 appears
the same as an IBM 2741 Communications Terminal to the remote system, and can
communicate with many systems that support the 2741 (start-stop mode) with
EBCD (extended binary coded decimal) notation.
The 5100 communications feature allows you two options, T (tape option) or
P (print option). When you seleetoption T,data can be entered from the
keyboard or tape unit and limited-length messages from the remote system can be
printed and/or written on tape. When you select option P, all messages received
from a remote system can be printed as they are received, but the tape unit cannot
be used for input or output. With either option Tor P, data transmitted and
received is displayed on the display screen.
Introduction
Introduction

IBM 5100 Specifications

General

Release Year	1975
RAM	16 KB - 64 KB
Storage	204 KB tape drive
Display	5-inch CRT
Operating System	APL/BASIC
Processor	IBM PALM (1.9 MHz)