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   Dan Espen to Lawrence D'Oliveiro   
   Re: Inside an IBM z17   
   04 May 25 09:33:30   
   
   From: dan1espen@gmail.com   
      
   Lawrence D'Oliveiro  writes:   
      
   > On Sat, 03 May 2025 13:55:18 -0400, Dan Espen wrote:   
   >   
   >> Mainframes support NFS but in my case I mostly ftp'd files, JCL, and   
   >> results back and forth.   
   >   
   > In other words, you used the mainframe in batch mode, and kept all your   
   > interactivity local to a more sensibly-designed machine.   
      
   Yep.  One user on my "sensibly designed" machine, hundreds of users on   
   the other end.   
      
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   Dan Espen   
      
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