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AST RESEARCH TECHNICAL BULLETIN TB-0229 09/18/86
COMPATIBILITY TEST RESULTS
3G FAMILY / 3270 COAX WITH IRMA
Configuration:
IBM PC-AT (8 MHz) with 512 KB
30 MB FXD
3 MB Advantage!
Sysdyne monochrome display
3270 COAX with IRMA, DMA 1, I/O Address 3EE-3EF
All 3G cards were set for monochrome display. The 3GPLUS and
3GPAK had switch 2 off (no emulation).
Results:
3GPLUS and 3GPAK
After the 3270 control program is loaded, the display goes blank
and the PC does not respond to Ctrl-Alt-Del boot sequence. You
must power down to recover.
3G Model 1
After the 3270 control program is loaded, the following occurs:
When "hot keying" to the PC window, (Alt-Scroll Lock), you
receive a solid white background with garbage (6 P's in a
horizontal row in a diagonal pattern) displayed. You also
receive the message "incompatible video mode" in the lower right
corner.
Tests failed.
Gary Sanders
09/12/86