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   Lawrence D'Oliveiro to Dan Espen   
   Re: Inside an IBM z17   
   09 May 25 02:04:14   
   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Thu, 08 May 2025 20:24:29 -0400, Dan Espen wrote:   
      
   > Where I worked, it was also instant on Enter, Function keys, etc. All   
   > the keys that required mainframe attention.   
      
   The idea that every single keystroke/mouse click might require CPU   
   attention (as is typical with interactive applications) is not something   
   that mainframes are optimized for.   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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