The AGILE 6287 ALLY PLUS is a high-performance, feature-rich, printer interface that enables a mainframe computer system to print to industry-standard ASCII and EBCDIC printers. The RG62 A/U coax input port provides the connecion to an IBM mainframe with a 3174, 3274 or 3276 establishment controller or a display/printer adapter.
With the 6287 ALLY PLUS, distributed printers from Xerox, Hewlett-Packard, Lexmark and other manufacturers can be used in place of IBM 3262, 3287, 3289 and 4224 printers. Output is routed to either the RJ-12 serial port or the Centronics parallel port at 60-plus ppm.
The 6287 ALLY PLUS also accepts parallel and serial input from alternate hosts, such as PCs, LANs or printer sharing devices. The alternate host can share the attached printers with the coax host.
Configuration of the 6287 ALLY PLUS is performed with control commands embedded in the coax host data stream. The 6287 ALLY PLUS supports both industry-standard transparency and AGILE pseudo transparency modes. Translation tables are changeable on line. Programmable function strings provide emulation of standard IBM printer features. Predefined PFSs for HP LaserJets and Xerox XES printers are standard with the 6287 ALLY PLUS.
FEATURES
Connects a 3270 mainframe host with any ASCII/EBCDIC parallel or serial output device
Emulates IBM 3262, 3287, 3289 and 4224 printers
60 pages per minute in DisplayWrite 370 emulation 100 pages per minute in non-DisplayWrite mode
64 user programmable function strings in a dynamic 12K space
Features Xerox 36h, IBM 35h, 2-trigger and trigger+count byte pseudo transparency
Supports custom applications such as XPAF, Metacode, Laserpage, DisplayWrite 370, MD-Laser and XES
Allows printer sharing between coax host and up to three alternate hosts
Supports parallel or serial interfacing for both printing output and alternate host input
Removable external ROM cartridge means easy customization for special applications
Compatible with 6287 ULTRA and other AGILE products
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS HOST INTERFACE
IBM 3270 or compatible type A RG62 A/U coax cable attachment to an IBM 3174, 3274 or 3276 controller, or an IBM CPU with a display/printer adapter (DPA)
IBM device types LU1 or LU3 (SCS and DSC modes) supported
PRINTER INTERFACE
1 DB-25 Centronics parallel
1 RJ-12 serial (300-115.2K baud)
ASCII, EBCDIC and APL character sets
ALTERNATE HOST INTERFACE
1 DB-25 parallel
2 RJ-12 serial (300-115.2K baud)
PRINTER SHARING
Printer sharing between coax host and up to three alternate hosts
HOST SYSTEMS SUPPORTED
IBM 30XX, 43XX, 9370, 370 with 3270 support
IBM 8100, 4700, S/3X, AS/400 with type A coax support
PRINTER EMULATIONS
IBM 3262, 3287, 3289 and 4224 printers
PRINTERS SUPPORTED
Xerox 2700, 3700, 4010, 4011, 4030, 4045, 4050, 4197, 4213, 4220, 4235, 4700 and other distributed electronic printers
Hewlett-Packard LaserJet II, IID, IIID, IIISi, 4, 4Si and compatibles
IBM Lexmark 4019, 4029 and 4039 printers
All parallel- or serial-attached ASCII or EBCDIC printers
PLOTTERS SUPPORTED
Hewlett-Packard 7221, 7475, 7550
Zeta plotters
All HPGL- and GML-capable plotters
THROUGHPUT
In DisplayWrite 370 emulation, supports up to 60 logical pages per minute at 100% print density (132 columns by 66 lines, for a total of 8712 characters per page)
With DisplayWrite disabled, supports up to 100 logical pages per minute
USER PROGRAMMABLE FUNCTION STRINGS
64 PFSs in a dynamic 12K space
PROGRAMMABILITY
On line through coax host data stream
Via alternate host port
TRANSPARENCY
Xerox 36h
IBM 35h
2-trigger pseudo transparency
Trigger+count byte pseudo transparency
CUSTOM APPLICATION SUPPORT
6287 ULTRA
Laserpage
XPAF
XES
DisplayWrite 370
MD-Laser
Metacode
Special application customization available
UPGRADEABILITY
Removable external ROM cartridge for configuration and upgrade ease
GENERAL 6287 ALLY PLUS SPECIFICATIONS POWER
12 VDC at 1 amp (110 VAC)
12 VDC at 1.5 amps (220 VAC)
WEIGHT
1.5 lbs
SIZE
1.5 in. (h) x 8.6 in. (w) x 5.5 in. (d)
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