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From: Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Inside an IBM z17
Date: Sun, 04 May 2025 09:33:30 -0400
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:

> On Sat, 03 May 2025 13:55:18 -0400, Dan Espen wrote:
>
>> Mainframes support NFS but in my case I mostly ftp'd files, JCL, and
>> results back and forth.
>
> In other words, you used the mainframe in batch mode, and kept all your 
> interactivity local to a more sensibly-designed machine.

Yep.  One user on my "sensibly designed" machine, hundreds of users on
the other end.

-- 
Dan Espen