I usually tell people that IBM invented really good hardware, and left it to others to make software that was decently user-friendly. The IBM Selectric was great, and that little red eraser they invented for cursor movement on the laptops was - well, I still prefer plugging in a real trackball, but it was high-quality. We still moon over the old 3270 keyboards.
But I tried using their early word processor software; it was awful. And I can use RACF, but TSS is much easier to manage. Let the flames begin. --- Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 /* An engineer thinks that equations approximate reality. A physicist thinks that reality approximates equations. A mathematician never makes the connection. */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Grant Taylor Sent: Thursday, August 3, 2023 21:24 I hope you mean "IBM /was/ the standard bearer in computer design....". I even question that or that hope you mean close to 30 years ago. --- On 8/3/23 3:27 PM, Rahim Azizarab wrote: > IBM is the standard bearer in computer design even when it came to > laptops, just see how well IBM designed the Thinkpads. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
