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5250 Express PC Card - Technical Specifications

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Product Information

Option name	5250 Express PC Card
Option P/N	88H0256
Announce date	06/17/97 (mm/dd/yy)
Withdraw date	N/A
Warranty period	Lifetime
Installable by	Customer Installable

Performance Specifications

Ship Group	5250 Express PC Card 5250 Express Hardware Manual with adapter support diskette 5250 Emulation Family specification sheet
Hardware prerequisite	PC with PC Card (PCMCIA) Type II or III expansion slot system meeting PC Card Standard - February 1995 or later., Requires a 5250 terminal emulation program and AS/400 system that supports this feature., ThinkPad 310, ThinkPad 315, ThinkPad 365, ThinkPad 380, ThinkPad 385, ThinkPad 560, ThinkPad 730, ThinkPad 760, ThinkPad 765, ThinkPad 770
Restrictions	-The IBM 5250 Express adapters are not designed to operate in medialess systems, for instance, systems units without diskette and hard drives., -The 5294 Remote Control Unit is not supported by the 5250 Express adapters running IBM 5250 Express Program Version 4.0 or IBM 5250 Enhanced Link Version 3.0 for DOS., The IBM 6299 Hub for Midrange Systems supports the optimized mode of the 5250 Express Data Stream but does not support the 2Mbps line speed. Therefore, maximum media throughput using the 6299 will be up to double that of standard 5250-type devices., -The following maximum cable lengths are supported when the 5250 Express Data Stream is operating at the 2Mbps line speed: 4000 feet for twinax cabling, 3600 feet for the IBM Cabling System (ICS), 750 feet for Unshielded Twisted-Pair (UTP) attached via the 5299, and 1400 feet for UTP attached directly to the workstation controller port., -If excess transmissions errors occur while operating in 2Mbps mode, then the workstation controller port will automatically revert to the 1Mbps line speed regardless of cable length., -With the ThinkPad 770, only PersComm 4.2 is supported under Windows 95.
Data Rate	1Mbps, 2Mbps
Wiring type	Twinaxial
Features	-Enables PCs to attach to System/3x or AS/400 hosts that supports the twinaxial protocol -Seven display stations or six display stations and one printer station (up to 28 stations are available when using the shared-addressing features of the IBM 5250 Express Program) -Plug and Play -Support for the 5250 data stream when client is enabled to support 5250 functions. -Attachment is made via an appropriate cabling system. -Support attachment to System/36, System/38, and AS/400 hosts either directly to the host Twinaxial Workstation Controller or indirectly via a 5294, 5394, or 5495 Remote Control Unit when used with a compatible terminal emulation program.
Height	--
Width	85.73mm
Depth	53.98mm
Operating Temp. (C) (low;high)	0;60
Relative Humidity (%) (low;high)	8;95

Software Requirements

Operating System
IBM AS/400 Client Access	*
Windows 95/NT client (V3R1M1 and V3R1M2 level)	*
Windows 3.1 client (V3R1M1 level)	*
Optimized OS/2 client (V3R1M1 level)	*
DOS Extended client (V3R1M1 level)	*
IBM Personal Communications AS/400	*
Microsoft Windows NT	4.1 or later
Microsoft Windows 95	*
Microsoft Windows	3.1 or later
IBM OS/2	*
IBM 5250 Emulation for Windows	1.1
IBM 5250 Express Program	4.0
IBM 5250 Enhanced Link for DOS	3.0

Notes:
* - Denotes that the information is not available at this time.
N/A - Denotes that there is no applicable information for this item

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	Document Category	Technical Specifications
	Date Created	27-02-98
	Last Updated	12-05-99
	Revision Date	14-05-2000
	Brand	IBM Options
	Product Family	Emulation Adapters
	Machine Type	5250
	Model	256
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