480 characters? Sounds like Twitter. Was the 2260 keyboard the one with two, count 'em, two PF keys?
Robert Crawford Abstract Evolutions LLC (210) 913-3822 -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of billogden Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2023 11:16 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [EXT] Ars Technica: The IBM mainframe: How it runs and why it survives >From: Seymour J Metz <[email protected]> >Yep, "Model 1 displays 480 characters (12 rows of 40 characters)." >Did you have keyboard issues? My memory of those ancient history days (early 70s) simply fails too much. I seem to remember "something" simple we did with the keyboard, but the details have vanished. (And I am probably confusing it with the 2260 keyboards from a few years earlier!) Bill Ogden ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
