On Wed, Aug 27, 2025 at 09:03:51AM -0400, Phil Smith III wrote: > Doh, asked the original author of WITS-II. It supported 2741s, 2260s > (mod 3s, 12x80), and ASCII terminals. No 3270s. So I think my original > question was misguided, though the answers have been fascinating! Sounds > like the 3277-1 was sort of an answer looking for a problem, and the -2 > got to something usable.
That *vastly* underestimates the appeal of a full screen (for a small screen) text editor versa punching paper cards... Edit/submit/view output is so much faster. Even with a twenty line 40 character wide screen which only displays five folded card images.
