Handle s390x installs better

Dave Jones dave at vsoft-software.com
Tue Oct 9 20:27:02 UTC 2012


Will Woods wrote:
> Sure, it was very clever in 1972. 
> 
> But 40 years have passed, and the rest of the world has basically agreed
> on using ASCII¹ and VT220².
> 
> It's far easier for us to support that than to try to continue dealing
> with EBCDIC/3270. So that's where we're going.
> 
> I will say this: If anyone with 3270 expertise is still alive (I imagine
> them chained to a desk in some sub-basement at IBM) and wants to help do
> the work to make 3270 easier to support up here on the surface world in
> the 21st century, here is a message for them:
> 
>         Come on out, friend! The Cold War is over! No flying cars yet,
>         but we have those cool communicator dealies from Star Trek!
>         They've got more processing power and storage than you could
>         dream of! We use them to run physics simulations³ for fun! Join
>         us!
> 
> Until I get a response, though... ssh is where it's at.

I'm still alive and have 3270 expertise......
-- 
Dave Jones
V/Soft Software
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Houston, TX
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