Customizing Terminal and Printer Type Files with the Workstation Configurator (32022-90031)

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Introducing Workstation Configurator
What is a Terminal or Printer Type file?
What is a Terminal or Printer Type file?
Terminal and printer type files are files that the system uses to define
the relationship between the terminal or printer and the device driver
on the Datacommunications and Terminal Controller (DTC). Some
examples of the type of information defined by a terminal or printer
type file includes flow control for inbound and outbound data, whether
the terminal operates in block mode, and how the computer responds to
the backspace character.
It is not necessary to understand terminal or printer type files in order
to operate terminals or printers, but it is useful to know they exist.
Refer to Appendix C, “Terminal Type Files,” for a list of terminal and
printer type files supplied in the MPE/iX operating system.