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From: Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: IBM, sonic delay lines, and the history of the 80x24 display
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2024 20:52:29 -0400
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:

> On Tue, 30 Apr 2024 15:32:48 -0400, Dan Espen wrote:
>
>> I read the tech manual and
>> decided the IBM 3270 was a piece of junk.  The protocol to talk to the
>> thing was ridiculously complicated.
>
> True of a lot of IBM technology, is my impression. Note that their idea of 
> a networking architecture, SNA, did not actually support peer-to-peer 
> connections until about the mid-1980s.

It sure looked like IBM refused to release simple solutions because they
were afraid the competition could produce something compatible.

> Their labs produced a lot of research papers and patents, but it seemed to 
> me very little of the clever stuff actually made it into their products.

The S32/S34 line had a nice design until they decided to make it
complicated with the S/38 AS/400 stuff.

-- 
Dan Espen