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Additional communication attributes – IBM RS/6000 44P User Manual

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General Setup
Attributes

3151
/11/31/41
Settings

3151
/51/61
Settings

3161 /3164
Settings

Description

Line wrap

On

On

On

The cursor moves to the first
character position of the next line
in the page after it reaches the
last character position of the
current line in the page.

Forcing insert

Off

Off

Tab

Field

Field

Field

The column tab stops are
ignored, and the tab operation
depends on the field attribute
character positions.

Trace

All

Both inbound data (data to the
system unit) and outbound data
(data from the system unit) to and
from the main port can be
transferred to the auxiliary port
without disturbing
communications with the system
unit when the Trace key is
pressed.

Additional Communication Attributes

The following communication attributes are for the 3151, 3161, and 3164 terminals.

Communication
Setup Attributes

3151/11
/31/41)
Settings

3151
/51/61,
Settings

3161 /3164
Settings

Description

Operating mode

Echo

Echo

Echo

Data entered from the keyboard
on the terminal is sent to the
system unit for translation and
then sent back to the display
screen. Sometimes called
conversational mode.

Line speed

9600 bps

9600 bps

9600 bps

Uses the 9600 bps (bits per
second) line speed to
communicate with the system
unit.

Word length (bits)

8

8

8

Selects eight bits as a data word
length (byte).

Parity

No

No

No

Does not add a parity bit and is
used together with the word
length attribute to form the 8-bit
data word (byte).

Stop bit

1

1

1

Places a bit after a data word
(byte).

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