FICON (Fibre Connection) is the IBM proprietary name for the ANSI FC-SB-3 Single-Byte Command Code Sets-3 Mapping Protocol for Fibre Channel (FC) protocol...
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The FICON (Fighter Conveyor) program was conducted by the United States Air Force in the 1950s to test the feasibility of a Convair B-36 Peacemaker bomber...
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either carrying a Republic F-84 Thunderjet in the bomber's bomb bay (the FICON project), or attached to the bomber's wingtips (Project Tom-Tom). One configuration...
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operational. See FICON project Tom-Tom Two RF-84K and B-36 wingtip coupling experiment, did not become operational. See FICON project FICON F-84E and GRB-36D...
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under three related projects following the cancellation: MX-106 "Tip Tow", FICON, and "Tom-Tom." During World War II, American bombers such as the Boeing...
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from the ANG in 1972. Several modified Thunderflashes were used in the FICON project. The Thunderstreak suffered from the same poor takeoff performance...
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is a protocol that transports SCSI commands over Fibre Channel networks. FICON is a protocol that transports ESCON commands, used by IBM mainframe computers...
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IBM System z9 (section 4 Gbit FICON and FCP)
added 4 Gigabit FICON and FCP support to the System z9 for faster I/O to storage devices. IBM also added a lower cost 2-port 4 Gbit FICON/FCP I/O adapter...
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CONveyer (FICON) trapeze system was developed for carrying, launching and recovering parasite fighters. Examples with and without the FICON system included:...
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service and consequently the project was cancelled.[citation needed] The FICON project was more successful and involving a modified B-36 (a GRB-36D "mothership")...
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