From: dan1espen@gmail.com   
      
   Lawrence D'Oliveiro  writes:   
      
   > On Sun, 4 May 2025 20:53:42 -0400 (EDT), Scott Dorsey wrote:   
   >   
   >> You should check out Martin's "Design of Real-Time Computer Systems"   
   >> which was written in the early days of SAABRE and other transaction   
   >> processing systems.   
   >   
   > Their idea of “real time” was responding in a few seconds, before the   
   user   
   > got frustrated enough to hit SEND again.   
      
   My experience: 360/30, 64K, 1968, locally attached 2260s, BTAM   
   application, instantaneous response.   
      
   --   
   Dan Espen   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
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