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From: drake@drake.almaden.ibm.com
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Subject: Re: 3270 ATTN key -- what does it generate?
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Date: 20 Dec 90 09:30:57 GMT
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In article <9012190925.AA26026@lilac.berkeley.edu> Jon Lewis <hpda!hpcupt1!hpindwa!jkl@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> writes:
>I'll add some info as to what the ATTN key does when pressed on a real 3270.
[details deleted]

Nice summary ... unfortunately it's only sometimes accurate.  Specifically,
that's what happens if you press ATTN on a real 3270 attached to a
SNA 3x74.  On a local (channel-attached) non-SNA controller, ATTN is a
dead key.


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