Yes, 1967 versus 1971. The only 3277s I ever saw were model 2; I read about the size of the 3277-1 in shock and horror.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List <[email protected]> on behalf of Steve Thompson <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2025 9:15 AM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: 3277-1 External Message: Use Caution I don't know about text editors back then, but I do know that WYLBUR pre-dated TSO. The system where I was, we had the small size and full sized 3270 terminals. I just can't remember the model numbers we had back then. -- Regards, Steve Thompson Make Mainframes Great Again They use far less Electricity than Clouds and can do more work On 8/26/2025 9:27 PM, Charles Mills wrote: > Was there a (in common use) text editor than ran on a 3277-1? > > When was the 3277 relative to TSO, Wylbur, etc.? > > Or was it simply for online "business" applications. > > I was involved in writing an application that ran on the 2260, the > predecessor of the 327x. The 2260 came in several screen sizes. I believe > that what we supported was 24x80, or perhaps 12x80. > > But there was no text editor AFAIK. > > Charles > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List <[email protected]> On > Behalf Of Phil Smith III > Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2025 6:21 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: 3277-1 > > The 3277-1 was 12x40. How did people use that? Did editors wrap lines, thus > making it effectively 6x80? I've wondered this for literally decades but > never remembered to ask! -- Regards, Steve Thompson Make Mainframes Great Again They use far less Electricity than Clouds and can do more work
