can use data from System/370 host computers to create and display color charts, diagrams and drawings as well as text.

IBM Japan expanded the IBM Multistation computer family, announcing the IBM 5540 and 5560 Multistations and new models of the IBM 5550 Multistation, offering enhanced color graphics and increased fixed-disk capacity. An English-language version of the IBM Personal Computer JX also became available in several Far East countries.

PC program products

IBM extended the capabilities of its Personal Decision series with the announcement in 1985 of several enhancements. These enhancements provide the business/professional user with greater flexibility in a wide range of data processing applications. Four new products that extend the capabilities of the IBM Assistant series also were introduced.

The company expanded its offering of educational application programs, making available 34 new software products for use with IBM PCs. The new offerings include a 16-program biology and a four-program physics series, along with additions to IBM's Earth Science and Private Tutor series.

Displays

A new color display station and two low-cost terminal products extended the data entry options available to customers in 1985.

The IBM 3179 model G display, the first 3179 display with color graphics capabilities, is designed for use with IBM System/370 host computers.

The IBM 3161 and 3163 display stations are inexpensive, compact workstations featuring built-in capability to emulate both non-IBM terminals and IBM display stations.

Telecommunications products

A token-ring network and several other telecommunications products introduced in the past year make it easier for customers with decentralized information systems to transmit text, data and graphics information among their offices and operations.

The IBM Token-Ring Network is a high-speed local area network designed initially to connect IBM PCs within a building or in a campus environment. The network facilitates a user's ability to share information, printers and devices and files with other users.

To meet the need for efficient, quality service in the rapidly growing field of information processing networks, a new network support center was established in Atlanta.

IBM Japan introduced a nationwide information network service for customers who are establishing enhanced information networks for specific industries. The Network Management Service also can benefit companies offering data bank and remote computing services.

The IBM 3708 network conversion unit enables terminals, PCs and workstations to communicate more easily with host computers using IBM's Systems Network Architecture. Customers with IBM 3708 network controllers can take advantage of the same conversion function with a new communications adapter.

A new terminal multiplexer allows IBM 3270 PC terminals to be connected directly to control units up to 6,000 feet away using the IBM Cabling System. Modems designed for use with PCs, display stations and non-IBM terminals also were introduced.

Typewriters and printers

Four new models in the IBM Selectric® System/2000 typewriter family provide added flexibility in keying, editing and storing documents for customers with large text processing requirements. The IBM Wheelwriter® Systems/20 and 40 and the IBM Quietwriter® Systems/20 and 40 feature detached keyboards with cursor controls that facilitate text editing. They also include a display that shows both text and

A fashionable restaurant in Paris uses a terminal banking application offered by a major French bank to handle its daily transactions. The videobank application operates on an IBM videotex system.