Sujet : Re: IBM, sonic delay lines, and the history of the 80x24 display
De : ldo (at) *nospam* nz.invalid (Lawrence D'Oliveiro)
Groupes : comp.miscDate : 30. Apr 2024, 21:21:20
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On Tue, 30 Apr 2024 15:32:48 -0400, Dan Espen wrote:
I read the tech manual and
decided the IBM 3270 was a piece of junk. The protocol to talk to the
thing was ridiculously complicated.
True of a lot of IBM technology, is my impression. Note that their idea of
a networking architecture, SNA, did not actually support peer-to-peer
connections until about the mid-1980s.
Their labs produced a lot of research papers and patents, but it seemed to
me very little of the clever stuff actually made it into their products.
| Date | Sujet | # | | Auteur |
| 29 Apr 24 |  IBM, sonic delay lines, and the history of the 80x24 display | 19 | | Ben Collver |
| 30 Apr 24 |  Re: IBM, sonic delay lines, and the history of the 80x24 display | 2 | | Lawrence D'Oliveiro |
| 30 Apr 24 |    Re: IBM, sonic delay lines, and the history of the 80x24 display | 1 | | Sn!pe |
| 30 Apr 24 | Re: IBM, sonic delay lines, and the history of the 80x24 display | 1 | | candycanearter07 |
| 30 Apr 24 | Re: IBM, sonic delay lines, and the history of the 80x24 display | 12 | | Dan Espen |
| 30 Apr 24 | Re: IBM, sonic delay lines, and the history of the 80x24 display | 10 | | Ben Collver |
| 30 Apr 24 | Re: IBM, sonic delay lines, and the history of the 80x24 display | 1 | | Lawrence D'Oliveiro |
| 30 Apr 24 | Re: IBM, sonic delay lines, and the history of the 80x24 display | 8 | | Dan Espen |
| 30 Apr 24 |  Re: IBM, sonic delay lines, and the history of the 80x24 display | 4 | | Lawrence D'Oliveiro |
| 30 Apr 24 | Re: IBM, sonic delay lines, and the history of the 80x24 display | 1 | | Jim Jackson |
| 1 May 24 | Re: IBM, sonic delay lines, and the history of the 80x24 display | 2 | | Dan Espen |
| 1 May 24 | Re: IBM, sonic delay lines, and the history of the 80x24 display | 1 | | Lawrence D'Oliveiro |
| 30 Apr 24 | Re: IBM, sonic delay lines, and the history of the 80x24 display | 2 | | Ben Collver |
| 1 May 24 | Re: IBM, sonic delay lines, and the history of the 80x24 display | 1 | | Lawrence D'Oliveiro |
| 1 May 24 | Re: IBM, sonic delay lines, and the history of the 80x24 display | 1 | | John McCue |
| 1 May 24 | Re: IBM, sonic delay lines, and the history of the 80x24 display | 1 | | Scott Dorsey |
| 30 Apr 24 | Re: IBM, sonic delay lines, and the history of the 80x24 display | 3 | | Stefan Ram |
| 30 Apr 24 | Re: IBM, sonic delay lines, and the history of the 80x24 display | 1 | | Lawrence D'Oliveiro |
| 30 Apr 24 | Re: IBM, sonic delay lines, and the history of the 80x24 display | 1 | | Ben Collver |