Terminal Processing 1
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Terminal Processing
In this chapter
•Overview
• Supported terminals, access methods, and interfaces
• Entering input
• Retrieving input
• Controlling output
• Full-screen formatting
• Line-editing characters
• Attention interrupt feature
• Echoing
• Echoing examples
Overview
This chapter provides information about the different types of terminals
and system interfaces that Model 204 supports. It also provides general
information that applies to all these types of terminals.
Chapter 2 provides a sample terminal session in which a user connects
to Model 204, logs in, opens a file, and retrieves selected data. The rest
of the chapters summarize the distinctive characteristics of each
terminal type, access method, or system interface.