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   Dan Espen to Lawrence D'Oliveiro   
   Re: Inside an IBM z17   
   08 May 25 20:24:29   
   
   From: dan1espen@gmail.com   
      
   Lawrence D'Oliveiro  writes:   
      
   > On Tue, 06 May 2025 08:19:05 -0400, Dan Espen wrote:   
   >   
   >> What about block mode terminals don't you understand?   
   >> Of course it's instantaneous to every keystroke.   
   >   
   > But that’s only locally. Nothing goes to the mainframe unless you press   
   > the SEND key.   
      
   So 90%+ of the time, it's instantaneous.   
      
   Where I worked, it was also instant on Enter, Function keys, etc. All   
   the keys that required mainframe attention.   
      
   --   
   Dan Espen   
      
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