I don't know about text editors back then, but I do know that
WYLBUR pre-dated TSO.
The system where I was, we had the small size and full sized 3270
terminals. I just can't remember the model numbers we had back then.
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On 8/26/2025 9:27 PM, Charles Mills wrote:
Was there a (in common use) text editor than ran on a 3277-1?
When was the 3277 relative to TSO, Wylbur, etc.?
Or was it simply for online "business" applications.
I was involved in writing an application that ran on the 2260, the
predecessor of the 327x. The 2260 came in several screen sizes. I believe
that what we supported was 24x80, or perhaps 12x80.
But there was no text editor AFAIK.
Charles
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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!
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