AM3270/TR3271 Reference Manual

3 A Closer Look at AM3270

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This section includes:

Figures that illustrate typical configurations

Descriptions of subdevice access

Lists of AM3270-specific operations and file-system procedures

Descriptions of the AM3270 process levels

Overview Section 2 described and compared the AM3270 and TR3271 access methods. This

section describes aspects of AM3270 that are specific to this access method only. The

examples in this section show AM3270-specific configurations.

Examples Figures 3-1 and 3-2 show two typical configurations for AM3270.

Figure 3-1 Typical AM3270 Configuration

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