/TYPE_AHEAD (default) /NOTYPE_AHEAD Controls whether the terminal accepts unsolicited input to the limit of the type-ahead buffer. When you specify the /NOTYPE_AHEAD qualifier, the terminal accepts input only when a program or the system issues a read to the terminal, such as for user input at the DCL prompt ($). When you specify the /TYPE_AHEAD qualifier, the amount of data that can be accepted is governed by the size of the type-ahead buffer. That size is determined by system generation parameters.