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Article #621531Re: Old word processors
From: Dan Espen
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2018 19:50
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2018 19:50
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hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com writes: > On Wednesday, March 28, 2018 at 8:09:21 PM UTC-4, Lynn Wheeler wrote: >> other trivia: PROFS group had collecting some number of internal >> applications (including telephone books) and wrapping MENUs around >> them. They had taken very early version of VMSG for the email >> client. When the VMSG tried to offer them a much enhanced version, the >> PROFS group attempted to get him fired (since they had already claimed >> credit for everyting). Things quieted down when VMSG author >> demonstrated that every PROFS email had his initials in non-displayed >> field (after that the VMSG author only shared source with me and one >> other person). > > Our corporate phone book was also on PROFS. Most useful. > > I liked PROFS, and used it until it was unplugged. Others liked > the PC email packages. I liked PROFS, a little, but I felt the screens were designed poorly. Of course, with ISPF, it's pretty simple to put your own screens in place of the ones supplied by IBM which is just what I did. Mainly, I made sure to use all 7 colors available instead of the 4 colors IBM insisted on using. Why IBM never adopted the standard of underlining column headers was mystery to me which I fixed too. A bit of reverse image, better compaction of information and alignment and PROFS looked pretty good. -- Dan Espen
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