Black Box 5250 manual Application Compatibility, Remote Emulator Card, Dos Shell

5250 REMOTE EMULATOR CARD

9.2.3PC SUPPORT/400 ERROR MESSAGES

Handler is already resident: If PC Support is not active, reboot the system.

9.2.4HOST ERROR MESSAGES

The host system also has a set of error messages to report problems with communication between the host and the display station. These four-digit error messages consist of codes 0040 through 0054. See the IBM Technical Reference Manual for your host type (System/34, /36, /38, or AS/400) for further information on host error messages.

Use the [ERROR RESET] key to clear the error condition and proceed with the host communications.

9.3 Application Compatibility

The 5250 Remote Emulator Card is compatible with most PC application programs. The following information may help prevent any conflicts.

9.3.1MICROSOFT WINDOWS

The 5250 Remote Emulator Card software is Windows compatible if used under a Windows DOS partition. Included with the 5250 Remote Emulator Card’s software are two *.PIFs (Program Information Files) for starting emulation from Windows. You must enter the pathname of the *.PIF file on the command line of the NEW PROGRAM OBJECT window when you create an icon for the emulation software.

9.3.2 DOS SHELL

Make sure all programs, including the 5250 Remote Emulator Card’s emulation program, are loaded before you load the DOS Shell. If the emulation program is loaded from DOS Shell, the next application program may not load properly, since the PC’s memory is not fully free.

9.3.3 43- OR 50-LINEMODE

The ANSI.SYS screen driver must be installed when you use programs with 43- or 50-line mode, such as Quattro® Pro. Otherwise, the number of lines might revert to another size when you hotkey to a host session and then back to the DOS session.

The screen colors may change during the hotkeying for some programs (such as Microsoft Works), but the data will remain unaffected and the screen colors will be restored after the next startup.

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