Re: Inside an IBM z17

kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) writes:

Lawrence D'Oliveiro  <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

On Fri, 2 May 2025 10:34:07 +0200, Marco Moock wrote:
>

Linux can run on IBM z, so you can do anything that Linux can do on
those machines.

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Yeah, but how on earth would you run something like a full-screen editor
on a block-mode text terminal that requires you to press the SEND key
every time?

>
Through an ssh connection.  I don't think vi has 3270 support although
there are applications on OS that still do.
--scott

Neither vi nor Emacs has 3270 support.
It's not needed.

Mainframes support NFS but in my case I mostly ftp'd
files, JCL, and results back and forth.

--
Dan Espen