Re: Friday - off topic - human factors and TN3270

2018-07-09 Thread Porowski, Kenneth
address. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Porowski, Kenneth Sent: Monday, July 09, 2018 10:59 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] Friday - off topic - human factors and TN3270 I actually have one, should

Re: Friday - off topic - human factors and TN3270

2018-07-09 Thread Porowski, Kenneth
] Friday - off topic - human factors and TN3270 1993 or so, it would appear from this page. (Mind the wrap.) https://books.google.com/books?id=O3xyvDOfru0C&pg=PA132 Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Don Poi

Re: Friday - off topic - human factors and TN3270

2018-07-08 Thread David Cole
My 2-cents worth... I prefer darker background colors and, therefore, lighter text colors. I find that to me far easier on my eyes than white backgrounds. The original hardware monitors from IBM had a blue that was too dark. It blended in with the black background so much that I could hardly

Re: Friday - off topic - human factors and TN3270

2018-07-08 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Sat, 7 Jul 2018 18:36:28 -0400, zMan wrote: >404, alas... > >On Sat, Jul 7, 2018 at 11:18 AM, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote: > >> Porowski, Kenneth wrote: >> >> >"Bud and Elliot Grundt develop the first Mainframe Mouse." >> >http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/cccess/physical-object/2009/

Re: Friday - off topic - human factors and TN3270

2018-07-07 Thread Charles Mills
: Re: Friday - off topic - human factors and TN3270 1993 or so, it would appear from this page. (Mind the wrap.) https://books.google.com/books?id=O3xyvDOfru0C&pg=PA132 Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Don Poit

Re: Friday - off topic - human factors and TN3270

2018-07-07 Thread Charles Mills
IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Friday - off topic - human factors and TN3270 Obvious typo. Which leads me to think it was typed in. A true mainframer eschewing the new-fangled mouse cut and paste. :) http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/physical-object/2009/04/ 102682822.0

Re: Friday - off topic - human factors and TN3270

2018-07-07 Thread Don Poitras
Obvious typo. Which leads me to think it was typed in. A true mainframer eschewing the new-fangled mouse cut and paste. :) http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/physical-object/2009/04/102682822.01.01.lg.jpg In article you wrote: > 404, alas... > On Sat, Jul 7, 2018 at 11:18 AM

Re: Friday - off topic - human factors and TN3270

2018-07-07 Thread zMan
404, alas... On Sat, Jul 7, 2018 at 11:18 AM, Elardus Engelbrecht < elardus.engelbre...@sita.co.za> wrote: > Porowski, Kenneth wrote: > > >"Bud and Elliot Grundt develop the first Mainframe Mouse." > >http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/cccess/physical-object/2009/ > 04/102682822.01.01.l

Re: Friday - off topic - human factors and TN3270

2018-07-07 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Porowski, Kenneth wrote: >"Bud and Elliot Grundt develop the first Mainframe Mouse." >http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/cccess/physical-object/2009/04/102682822.01.01.lg.jpg Rats! That is a good picture of that "painframe" rat! ;-) Hmmm, is the numbr 102682822 shown, the actual nu

AW: Re: Friday - off topic - human factors and TN3270

2018-07-06 Thread Peter Hunkeler
>I use a white background with colors that are more or less the way they are described. The exceptions are white, which I have set to be black, and yellow, which I have set to a shade of brown. I find this to be much more pleasing to my eyes. It doesn't matter so much at 24 x 80, but at 88 x 142,

Re: Friday - off topic - human factors and TN3270

2018-07-06 Thread Porowski, Kenneth
ed at this email address. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Tom Marchant Sent: Friday, July 06, 2018 2:01 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] Friday - off topic - human factors and TN3270 On Fri, 6 Jul

Re: Friday - off topic - human factors and TN3270

2018-07-06 Thread Tom Marchant
On Fri, 6 Jul 2018 14:45:21 +, Dyck, Lionel B. (RavenTek) wrote: >For years I was used to the default TN3270 client having a black background . >. . I use a white background with colors that are more or less the way they are described. The exceptions are white, which I have set to be black,

Re: Friday - off topic - human factors and TN3270

2018-07-06 Thread Paul Gilmartin
(Oops! I pasted the wrong link) On Fri, 6 Jul 2018 11:31:04 -0500, Paul Gilmartin wrote: >On Fri, 6 Jul 2018 11:45:30 -0400, David Purdy wrote: > >>When I worked at Tektronix in the '80s, their display folks found a blue >>backgound with yellow letters provided good contrast with the least >>e

Re: Friday - off topic - human factors and TN3270

2018-07-06 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 6 Jul 2018 11:45:30 -0400, David Purdy wrote: >When I worked at Tektronix in the '80s, their display folks found a blue >backgound with yellow letters provided good contrast with the least eyestrain. > I've used that combination ever since. YMMV with newer monitors and drivers. > That s

Re: Friday - off topic - human factors and TN3270

2018-07-06 Thread David Purdy
When I worked at Tektronix in the '80s, their display folks found a blue backgound with yellow letters provided good contrast with the least eyestrain. I've used that combination ever since. YMMV with newer monitors and drivers. David On Friday, July 6, 2018 Dyck, Lionel B. (RavenTek) (Raven

Friday - off topic - human factors and TN3270

2018-07-06 Thread Dyck, Lionel B. (RavenTek)
For years I was used to the default TN3270 client having a black background and colors that seemed to glow at times. Then I found that I could adjust the colors and found that a grey (or is it gray) background worked better for my viewing experience and I adjusted the other colors accordingly an