ASCII workstation controller requirements

Like twinaxial devices, ASCII devices for different national language versions support different code pages. The ASCII workstation controller handles conversion of data back and forth between a particular EBCDIC code page for a language and an ASCII code page for that same language by using a set of mapping tables.

The ASCII workstation controller can simultaneously support 14 national language versions (in addition to U.S. English, which is always available).

The set of languages that can be selected for the ASCII workstation controller is a subset of the language types that can be selected for the twinaxial workstation controller. For the list of languages supported by the ASCII workstation controller, see Multilingual support for the iSeries workstation controller.

Keyboard types on an ASCII workstation controller

The maximum number of country and keyboard types on the ASCII workstation controller is 14. Depending on the display or printer device type, the controller might be able to fully support all graphic characters in a language. If the display or printer does not support all graphic characters in your language, you can use the workstation customization function to display and print unsupported graphic characters.

Languages supported without workstation customization

Languages supported using workstation customization

Using the workstation customization functions, the following countries or languages can also be supported by the ASCII workstation controller.