DATA CONNECTIVITY — AN OVERVIEW 7-3
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SYNCHRONOUS
NETWORKING
AT&T 6500
MULTI-
FUNCTION
COMMUNI-
CATIONS
SYSTEM
PACKET
SWITCH
CLUSTER
CONTROLLER
INTEGRATED
WORKSTATION
ASYNCHRONOUS
TERMINAL
PERSONAL
COMPUTER
DIGITAL
PHONE
3270
DATA MODULE
3270-TYPE
TERMINAL
DIGITAL PBX
POOLED
MODEM
ISN OR
STARLAN
PUBLIC-
SWITCHED
NETWORK
DIGITAL PBX
HOST
COMPUTER
3270
DATA MODULE
DIGITAL
PHONE
MAINFRAME
COMPUTER
ASYNCHRONOUS AND SYNCHRONOUS
ASYNCHRONOUS
Figure 7-1. Possible Data Connections