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From: Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: IBM, sonic delay lines, and the history of the 80x24 display
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On 2024-04-30, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
> 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.

Ahhh... Memories. 

SNA  should not 'appen