As
with the Introduction
lesson, a mainframe or server outputs a continuous data stream
containing multiple jobs.
The
Introduction lesson
showed the continuous data stream being passed to a line printer.
Now it is passed to a FunAsset TN
Interface emulating a line printer and operating the Banner Processing
software.
In
order for the Banner Processing software to determine how the data
stream should be processed, a Parameter File is used (example above).
The following pages describe how this file is configured. . .