The picture shows the configuration described in the previous paragraph. An ASCII system running CICS® Transaction Server for Windows is linked to two CICS on System/390 systems, directly to CICS1 and indirectly, through CICS1, to CICS2. Inbound data from the CICS Transaction Server for Windows system to one of the CICS on System/390 systems is converted from ASCII to EBCDIC by CICS1. Outbound data from CICS2 or CICS1 to the CICS Transaction Server for Windows system is converted from EBCDIC to ASCII by CICS1.