I saw 3277-1's used at NatWest Bank in the 1980s. They were used by the ladies who processed the folded up, scrappy, half ruined cheques that were rejected (or caused) by the clearing floor 3890 reader sorters. They had to read 23 digits from the bottom line on the cheque and type it in. It was the ultimate date collection system.
It was an incredible place for the 18 year lad to visit, totally scary with all those women collected together. Regards, Dougie On Wed, 27 Aug 2025 at 03:28, Paul Gilmartin < 00000014e0e4a59b-dmarc-requ...@listserv.uga.edu> wrote: > On 8/26/25 19:21, Phil Smith III wrote: > > The 3277-1 was 12x40. How did people use that? Did editors wrap lines, > thus making it effectively 6x80? I've wondered this for literally decades > but never remembered to ask! > ... > When I first used XEDIT it wrapped lines, depending on the > bounds setting. > > I believe ISPF never (even to this day) got the wrap ability. > The developers simply waited for larger terminals. But > still, LRECL allows lines longer than any terminal. > > -- > gil > -- DL1 @ Mastodon (https://mas.to/@dl1) <https://mas.to/@dl1>
