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ANDREW...@10.ronly.org (ANDREW GRYGUS) wrote:

>From: a...@ix.netcom.com(ANDREW GRYGUS )
>Subject: Re: Why Mainframes?
>Organization: Netcom

>In <01bc882e$1dfe27c0$f3d292cf@copeland> "James Copeland"
><jamesc...@worldnet.att.net> writes: 

>>The "power" of a desktop is the ability of an end user to
>>modify an app...on the spot to exactly meet a need.  This
>>explains the almost univeral use of word processing programs
>>on desktops.  

>Response time explains the almost universal use of word processing
>programs on the desktop.  Hand eye coordination depends on fast and
>consistent translation of actions to the screen.  There is no other
>reason word processing couldn't be done on terminals.  

>Andrew Grygus  -  California Republic
>-------------------------------------
>Resist Microsoft!

There are reasons why we avoided word processing on terminals.  Aside
from raw text, word processing on mainframe was very clumsy.  We
utilized a markup language called Script to handle carriage control,
fonts, headers, etc..

The problem was, you didn't want to spend very much time trying to
figure out the correct markup tags for a simple document.  Many of us
would save old documents and paste new text in.

Tim Oxler
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