<s>
IBM	B-Device
3767	I-Device
Communication	O
Terminal	O
is	O
a	O
serial	O
printer	B-General_Concept
terminal	I-General_Concept
that	O
employed	O
dot	B-General_Concept
matrix	I-General_Concept
print-head	O
technology	O
and	O
,	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
,	O
the	O
Synchronous	B-Protocol
Data	I-Protocol
Link	I-Protocol
Control	I-Protocol
(	O
SDLC	O
)	O
communications	O
protocol	O
set	O
under	O
IBM	O
's	O
Systems	B-Architecture
Network	I-Architecture
Architecture	I-Architecture
(	O
SNA	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
1974	O
and	O
was	O
used	O
widely	O
during	O
the	O
late	O
1970s	O
to	O
1990s	O
,	O
for	O
attachment	O
to	O
IBM	B-Application
System/360	I-Application
and	O
System/370	B-Device
mainframe	B-Architecture
computers	I-Architecture
and	O
IBM	O
System/7	O
as	O
an	O
alternative	O
to	O
a	O
2741	O
typewriter	O
terminal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
such	O
purposes	O
,	O
printer	O
terminals	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
IBM	O
2741	O
,	O
using	O
the	O
traditional	O
asynchronous	O
serial	O
communication	O
(	O
start-stop	O
signaling	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
display	O
terminals	O
such	O
as	O
IBM	B-Device
2260	I-Device
and	O
IBM	B-Operating_System
3270	I-Operating_System
,	O
using	O
the	O
new	O
communications	O
protocol	O
set	O
(	O
Binary	B-Protocol
Synchronous	I-Protocol
Communications	I-Protocol
or	O
BSC	O
)	O
,	O
became	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
satisfy	O
such	O
needs	O
,	O
IBM	B-Device
3767	I-Device
serial	O
printer	O
and	O
IBM	O
3770	O
communications	O
system	O
(	O
including	O
a	O
line	O
printer	O
)	O
became	O
available	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
"	O
Advanced	O
Communications	O
Function	O
"	O
(	O
ACF	O
)	O
announcement	O
which	O
included	O
the	O
new	O
System	B-Architecture
Network	I-Architecture
Architecture	I-Architecture
(	O
SNA	O
)	O
and	O
Synchronous	B-Protocol
Data	I-Protocol
Link	I-Protocol
Control	I-Protocol
(	O
SDLC	O
)	O
communications	O
protocol	O
set	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
another	O
announcement	O
in	O
July	O
,	O
1975	O
,	O
which	O
included	O
IBM	O
3760	O
Data	O
Entry	O
Station	O
and	O
the	O
new	O
models	O
of	O
IBM	B-Operating_System
3270	I-Operating_System
display	O
stations	O
,	O
and	O
IBM	B-Architecture
3790	I-Architecture
communication	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	B-Device
3767	I-Device
Communication	O
Terminal	O
had	O
the	O
following	O
functions	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
attach	O
to	O
IBM	B-Application
System/360	I-Application
or	O
IBM	B-Device
System/370	I-Device
mainframe	B-Architecture
computers	I-Architecture
through	O
IBM	B-Device
3705	I-Device
communications	I-Device
controllers	I-Device
,	O
and	O
supported	O
by	O
3705	O
Network	B-Protocol
Control	I-Protocol
Program	I-Protocol
and	O
mainframe	B-Architecture
software	O
such	O
as	O
CICS	B-Application
and	O
IMS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	B-Device
3767	I-Device
was	O
developed	O
by	O
IBM	O
Systems	O
Development	O
Division	O
's	O
Fujisawa	O
(	O
later	O
Yamato	O
)	O
laboratory	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
IBM	O
3760	O
Data	O
Entry	O
Station	O
was	O
announced	O
in	O
1975	O
,	O
and	O
included	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
3767	I-Device
as	O
an	O
attached	O
terminal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
3760	O
was	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
IBM	B-Architecture
3790	I-Architecture
distributed	O
processing	O
family	O
.	O
</s>
