Welcome to the Personal Communications Documentation

IBM^(R) Personal Communications for Windows^(R) brings the power of personal networking to your workstation by exploiting networking capabilities to provide a variety of connectivity options that support local area network (LAN) and wide area network (WAN) environments. Whether it is for host terminal emulation, client/server applications, or connectivity, Personal Communications offers a robust set of communication, networking, and administrative features.

Personal Communications is a full-function emulator. In addition to host terminal emulation, it provides these useful features:

• File transfer
• Dynamic configuration
• An easy-to-use graphical interface
• Emulator APIs such as Emulator High-Level Language Programming Interface (EHLLAPI), Host Access Class Library (HACL), and PCSAPI. For example, EHLLAPI is often used for automated operator applications which read host screens and enter keystrokes without direct user intervention.

For information about new Personal Communications features and functionality, refer to the What's New section of the Quick Beginnings document. You might also want to review the information about supported hardware and software.

The Readme file for the current product level provides recent information that might not be included in the documentation. The Readme files for prior Personal Communications releases provide details about recent manufacturing refresh updates. You can also link to additional resources that are not part of this Knowledge Center.

The Personal Communications Documentation provides content in both Japanese and English. The Japanese version has additional user resources, such as troubleshooting tips and FAQs. The English content is shown by default, unless the preferred browser language or system region/locale is set to Japanese.

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