Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail
From: Rich <rich@example.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Inside an IBM z17
Date: Tue, 6 May 2025 14:15:45 -0000 (UTC)
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
Lines: 31
Message-ID: <vvd5ih$344oc$1@dont-email.me>
References: <6813ee86$8$17$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <vv6ip3$vubv$4@dont-email.me> <vv7t7r$kb1$1@panix2.panix.com> <vv8m4u$2qpl1$3@dont-email.me> <vv926m$bj1$1@panix2.panix.com> <vv9fdc$3mhk4$1@dont-email.me> <vvallb$p2dm$1@dont-email.me> <vvbdpr$1f555$2@dont-email.me> <vvcunp$2tg06$1@dont-email.me>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Injection-Date: Tue, 06 May 2025 16:15:46 +0200 (CEST)
Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="143924ecab2acd90bce63bd61485d839";
	logging-data="3281676"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org";	posting-account="U2FsdGVkX182Ro2pMtCeD9UP8IOWhpSr"
User-Agent: tin/2.6.1-20211226 ("Convalmore") (Linux/5.15.139 (x86_64))
Cancel-Lock: sha1:8Fjc90Wk0knTnprXCQ5WOnwwx7M=
Bytes: 2293

Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> wrote:
> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:
> 
>> On Mon, 05 May 2025 11:31:55 -0400, Dan Espen wrote:
>>
>>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:
>>> 
>>>> On Sun, 4 May 2025 20:53:42 -0400 (EDT), Scott Dorsey wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> You should check out Martin's "Design of Real-Time Computer Systems"
>>>>> which was written in the early days of SAABRE and other transaction
>>>>> processing systems.
>>>>
>>>> Their idea of “real time” was responding in a few seconds, before the
>>>> user got frustrated enough to hit SEND again.
>>> 
>>> My experience: 360/30, 64K, 1968, locally attached 2260s, BTAM
>>> application, instantaneous response.
>>
>> “Instantaneous” to every keystroke? In something like a full-screen 
>> editor?
> 
> Huh?
> 
> What about block mode terminals don't you understand?
> Of course it's instantaneous to every keystroke.  And in this case
> it was also instantaneous to the enter key.  First online
> app I developed.  Online order entry.
> 

Lawrence is more often trolling than not.