Megapacker manages, compresses and partially eliminates terminal and host-bound CICS datastreams without loss of information. The results are rapid response times (even at peak-load), increased bandwidth available for network expansions, reduced per-unit line costs and flicker-free screen updates.

Key Features

Megapacker Product Versions

4.7

4.6

OS/390 through Version 2.10

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PTF Level

4.7.0

4.6.0

Operating System

z/OS through Version 1.13

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z/VSE through Version 4.3

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Support for Megapacker version 4.5 ends 12/31/2011

System Requirements
S/390 and Compatible, VSE/ESA, z/VSE, OS/390, z/OS
all CICS-Releases incl. CICS/TS 4.2, CICS/ESA 4.1, CICS/VSE 2.3 and CICS/TS 1.1.1 for z/VSE

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application transparent inbound and outbound data compression

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screen imaging transmits only changed data

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elimination of identical attributes for consecutive fields

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suppresses repeating characters

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elimination of host-bound data transmission for Read-Buffer commands

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capture, archive and printing of data stream sequences for remote diagnosis or training purposes

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increased transparency of network load through extensive online statistics by terminal or terminal groups

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user-exit support

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Local Format Storage support

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menu driven assignment of compression algorithms, or temporary overrides