From: dan1espen@gmail.com   
      
   Marco Moock  writes:   
      
   > On 03.05.2025 00:28 Uhr Lawrence D'Oliveiro 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.   
   >>   
   >> 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?   
   >   
   > IIRC IBM z is networked, so couldn't you use that for connecting to   
   > Linux?   
      
   Of course.  Worked for fine me.   
      
   The IBM mainframe editors are pretty neat.   
      
   Try connecting thousands of users to a single linux box.  You'll soon see the   
   utility of block mode terminals.   
      
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   Dan Espen   
      
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