Support for non-3270 terminals

Support for non-3270 terminals requires standard BMS; minimum BMS supports only 3270 displays and printers.

Minimum

BMS supports only 3270 displays and printers. This category includes the 3178, 3290, 8775 and 5520, LU type 2 and LU type 3 devices, and any other terminal that accepts the 3270 data stream. For a full list, see IBM 3270 Data Stream Programmers Reference.

Standard

BMS expands 3270 support to SCS printers (3270 family printers not using the 3270 data stream) and all of the terminal types listed in Table 1. See Non-3270 CICS printers for more information about BMS and SCS datastreams.

Because of functional differences among these terminal types, it is not possible to make BMS work in exactly the same way for each of them. The sections which follow outline the limitations in using BMS on devices which lack the hardware basis for certain features.