Control Unit provide an opportunity for other ven-dors to out-perform IBM. IDEAssociates has al-ready capitalized on this limitation, offering up to 42 device ports, and six host connections across 3270, 5250, and Digital VAX environments, with its IDEA Concert 394.
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products and services such as communications carrier and limited time-sharing services; the IBM Information Network, a communications facility with remote storage and computing services; OEM manufacturing of termi-nals, disk drives, and other products; mainte-nance service and system supplies; and financial services through its IBM Credit Corp. subsidiary.
Since it introduced its PC line of microcomputers, IBM has had several earning periods where the growth of the company was much less than antic-ipated. This reflects the competitive nature of this small system market. To compete more effectively in this market, IBM has greatly expanded its soft-ware, as well as hard-ware, efforts and has entered into agreements with several independent
software suppliers to pro-vide tools for its entire line of computer products.
For the second time in its history, IBM has con-firmed a reduction in its work force. According to a recent announcement, approximately 10,000 people will either take early retirement or accept termination incentives. It was also announced that IBM will take a fourth-quarter write-off of $2.3 billion as a restructuring charge.
Financial Profile Operations results for 1989 showed that net profits fell 35 percent to
$3.76 billion, or $6.47 per share. Revenues, how-ever, increased 5.1 per-cent to $62.7 billion over 1988. Fourth-quarter earnings fell 75 percent to
$591 million, or $1.04 per share, due to the $2.3 bil-lion restructuring charge.
Characteristics
Models: 5394 Remote Control Unit; 5299 Terminal Mul-ticonnector and Twinax to Twisted Pair Adapter (TTPA);
InfoWindow 3476 Model EA and EG Displays; InfoWin-dow 3477 Model FA, FC, FD, and FG Displays; 5208 Model 1 ASCII-5250 Unk Protocol Converter; 5209 Model 1 3270-5250 Unk Protocol Converter; and ROLMbridge 5250 Unk Protocol Converter.
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lIanagement Statement
Moving more resources close to customers is a cornerstone of IBM's transformation in the computer industry. To that end, in 1988 IBM un-dertoDk the most signifi-cant restructuring of its business in more than 30 years, establishing seven lines of business and a new organization-IBM United States. This re-structuring continued through 1989 and will continue to be dynamic in order to consistently meet the needs of its custom-ers.
IBM notes that it is man-aging for the long term and, with the steps it has taken alid continues to take, it remains confident about the future of its business.
To help its customers stay competitive, IBM
an-nounced its Computer-Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) Architecture. IBM claims its CIM Architec-ture gives customers a comprehensive strategy to help them integrate in-formation in a consistent manner across the entire enterprise. It addresses the integration challenge in an environment charac-terized by a variety of computer system technol-ogies, operating systems, and applications. The CIM Architecture focuses on the storage of shared in-formation, its delivery throughout networks, and its presentation to a vari-ety of devices and users.
IBM says CIM functions will be implemented for its Systems Application
Date Announced: 5394 Remote Control Unit-June 1988; 5299 Terminal Multiconnector and Twinax to Twisted Pair Adapter (TTPA)- October 1987; InfoWin-dow 3476 Displays-June 1989; InfoWinInfoWin-dow 3477 Displays-8eptember 1989; 5208 Model 1 ASCII-5250 Unk Protocol Converter-June 1987; 5209 Model 1 3270-5250 Unk Protocol Converter-October 1987;
ROLMbridge 5250 Unk Protocol Converter-June 1986 Date Released: 5394 Remote Control Unit-January 1989; InfoWindow 3476 Displays-June 1989; InfoWin-dow 3477 Displays-8eptember 1989; older models-usually within six months of announcement.
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Terminals
Table 2. IBM Display Terminals for Midrange Systems
Models Screen Color(s) Screen Size (inches) Ergonomics Keyboard(s)
Screen Capacity
Resolution (pixels) Important Features
InfoWlndow 3476 Models EA and EO
InfoWlndow 3477 Models FA and FO
InfoWlndow 3477 Model Fe
InfoWindow 3477 Model FD
EA: monochrome amber FA: monochrome amber Seven-color presentation Monochrome green EG: monochrome green FG: monochrome green
14 14 14 15
Tilt-and-swivel pedestal, Tilt-and-swivel pedestal, Tllt-and-swivel pedestal, Tilt-and-swivel pedestal, low-profile keyboard low-profile keyboard low-profile keyboard low-profile keyboard ChOice of a 102-key IBM Choice of a 102-key IBM Choice of a 102-key IBM Choice of a 102-key IBM enhanced keyboard or a enhanced keyboard or a enhanced keyboard or a enhanced keyboard or a 122-key typewriter or 122-key typewriter 122-key typewriter 122-key typewriter
data entry keyboard keyboard keyboard keyboard
1,920 (24 lines by 80 0 1,920 (24 lines by 80 • 1,920 (24 lines by 80 0 1,920 (24 lines by 80
columns) columns) columns) columns)
o 3,360 (split screen- 0 3,360 (split screen- 0 3,360 (spilt screen-24/18 lines by 80 24/18 lines by 80 24/18 lines by 80
columns) columns) columns)
o 3,564 (27 lines by 80 0 3,564 (27 lines by 80 0 3,564 (27 lines by 80
columns) columns) columns)
402 x 720 508 x 1,180 508 x 1,188 532 x 1,200
o Printer port
o Support for twinaxial and twisted-pair wire connections
o 1,500-keystroke re-cord/play capability
o Auto dim
o Setup mode
o Printer port
o Split screen mode
o Support for twinaxial and twisted-pair wire connections
o 1,500-keystroke re-cord/play capability
o Auto dim
o Ruler feature
o Setup mode
o Printer port
o Split screen mode
o Support for twinaxial and twisted-pair wire connections
o 1,500-keystroke re-cord/play capability
o Auto dim
o Ruler feature
o Setup mode
o Printer port
o Split screen mode
o Support for twinaxial and twisted-pair wire connections
o 1,500-keystroke re-cord/play capability
o Auto dim
o Ruler feature
o Setup mode
System Components
5250-type display terminals, personal computers, and printers to the 5394 Remote Control Unit. The 5299 has 10 six-pin modular telephone connectors: seven for de-vice attachment, one for connection to the host, and two for problem determination procedures.5384 Remote Control Unit
The 5394 models 1 A, 1 B, 2A, and 2B manage communi-cations between a System/3X or AS/400 host, and up to 16 printers, display terminals, and personal computers running the Remote 5250 Emulation Program. All mod-els come with three standard ports, each of which can support multiple addressable devices using. either the 5299 Terminal Multiconnector, the IBM Cabling System, or Cable-Thru with twinaxial cables. As shown below, each model comes with either an RS-232-0 or CCITT X.21 host interface, and is expandable to a maximum of either four or 16 devices.
5394 Model Maximum No. of Host Interface Devices
1A 4 RS-232-0
1B 16 RS-232-0
2A 4 CCITTX.21
2B 16 CCITTX.21
5299 Terminal Multiconnector and Twinax to Twisted Pair Adapter ("PA)
The 5299 Terminal Multiconnector provides a twinax-to-twisted pair wire interface for attachment of up to seven
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For midrange systems, IBM markets the new InfoWin-dow 3476 and 3477 display terminals. AS/400 and System/38 hosts support direct connection of displays;
remote device communications is supported by the 5394 Remote Control Unit. All InfoWindow displays sup-port access to up to two concurrent full-screen ses-sions; the 3477 models also support a split screen mode, for the viewing of two sessions simultaneously.
Table 2 summarizes other features of the InfoWindow displays.
Protocol Converters
The 5208 Model 1 ASCII-5250 Link Protocol Converter provides 5250 emulation for up to seven local or remote asynchronous displays, personal computers emulating asynchronous displays, and ASCII printers. The 5208 provides one twinaxial interface to an IBM AS/400 host, a System/3X·processor, or a 5394 Remote Control Unit;
six serial device ports; and one IBM parallel printer port.
Asynchronous displays supported by the 5208 include the following:
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• IBM 3101-23
• IBM 3151
• IBM 3161
• IBM 3162
• IBM 3163
• IBM 3164
• ADDS Viewpoint A2
• DEC VT100/220
• Esprit"
• Lear Seigler ADM Terminals
• TeleVideo Models 905, 910, 925, 950, and 955
• Wyse Models WY30 and WY50
The 5208 supports user-modifiable keyboard, charac-ter, and attribute mappings, and automatic speed and parity recognition.
The 5209 Model 1 3270-5250 Link Protocol Con-verter allows up to seven local or remote IBM 3270 dis-plays, printers, and personal computers emulating 3270 displays to communicate with an IBM midrange host, either directly or via the 5394 Remote Control Unit. The 5209 also supports one connection to a 3X74 communi-cations controller, allowing users to "hot key" between one 3270 session and one midrange host session. Us-ers can also interactively assign and reassign printUs-ers to either host system. The hosts see printer activation and deactivation as power-on and power-off conditions.
The ROLMbridge 5250 Link Protocol Converter is a card that installs into the cabinet of the ROLM CBX multiplexing switching system, providing a communica-tions link to an IBM midrange host for asynchronous display terminals, printers, and personal computers at-tached to the ROLMbridge unit. Up to two cards, each accommodating seven asynchronous devices, may be installed into the ROLM CBX. When personal computers are attached, the ROLMbridge card allows complete access to specialized host applications, such as virtual
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disk storage and local printing. PC users can "hot key"
between local processing and the host.