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                      3: The files in this directory are not part of tn3270 proper.
                      4: 
                      5: They provide a C interface to the 3270 Applications Programming
                      6: Interface (API) provided by tn3270.
                      7: 
                      8: This interface is modeled after (and supposed to be compatible
                      9: with) the "low level" API provided with IBM's 3270 PC control
                     10: program version 3.  Note that we only provide a subset of the
                     11: API functionality.  This subset is (again supposed to be) consistent
                     12: with that subset provided by the IBM PC 3270 Emulation Program
                     13: version 3.00.  This subset is (somewhat sketchily) documented
                     14: in Volume 4, Number 4 of the IBM Personal Computer Proceedings.
                     15: The 3270 PC API itself is documented in SA23-0221 (I have revision
                     16: -01) "IBM 3270 Personal Computer Control Program -- Programming
                     17: Guide".
                     18: 
                     19: The INTENT is to allow the API from both MSDOS and from Unix.  Note,
                     20: however, that at the current time only MSDOS is supported.
                     21: 
                     22: Now, to program:
                     23: 
                     24: First, call "api_init()".  If it returns "1", then all is OK.  If
                     25: it returns "0", then the API is not active.
                     26: 
                     27: From then on, call whatever seems right.
                     28: 
                     29: You will need to include "../ctlr/oia.h" and "../api/api.h", at a
                     30: minimum.

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