All facetiousness aside, there's a remarkable amount of ergonomics and human factors stuff that went into the 3278 that is still valid. Having that sucker be 2.5-3 ft high just to put the screen at eye level was a Good Thing. Having a keyboard that gave you really good tactile feedback was a Good Thing (perfected, IMHO, in the 3279). Having fonts that clearly distinguished between O and 0 and S and 8 was a Good Thing (as was the sizing of same).
All in all, maybe the 80-col 3270 *isn't* such a bad thing. -- db
