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Key Features

Product Versions

PTF Level

Operating System

CICS and CICS Transaction Server

z/OS through Version 2.4

	CICS TS through Version 5.6
	CICS TS through Version 5.5

z/VSE through Version 6.2

	CICS TS through Version 2.2
	CICS TS through Version 2.1

System Requirements
z/Architecture and Compatible, z/VSE, z/OS
all CICS-Releases incl. CICS TS 5.6 for z/OS, and incl. CICS TS 2.2 for z/VSE

application transparent inbound and outbound data compression

screen imaging transmits only changed data

elimination of identical attributes for consecutive fields

suppresses repeating characters

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

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

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

user-exit support

Local Format Storage support

menu driven assignment of compression algorithms, or temporary overrides

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.

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4.12

4.12.0

4.11

4.11.0

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Support for version 4.11 ends December 31, 2023
Support for version 4.12 ends December 31, 2023