From: dan1espen@gmail.com   
      
   Lawrence D'Oliveiro  writes:   
      
   > On Mon, 05 May 2025 11:31:55 -0400, Dan Espen wrote:   
   >   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > “Instantaneous” to every keystroke? In something like a full-screen   
   > editor?   
      
   Huh?   
      
   What about block mode terminals don't you understand?   
   Of course it's instantaneous to every keystroke.  And in this case   
   it was also instantaneous to the enter key.  First online   
   app I developed.  Online order entry.   
      
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   Dan Espen   
      
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