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   Message 21,144 of 21,759   
   Dan Espen to Scott Dorsey   
   Re: Inside an IBM z17   
   03 May 25 13:55:18   
   
   From: dan1espen@gmail.com   
      
   kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) writes:   
      
   > 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?   
   >   
   > 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   
      
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