The IBM Displays Memory Lane (Was: TSO SCREENSIZE)

2011-11-11 Thread Chris Mason
To all who may be interested in the 2250 The Wikipedia article is quite short so here it is in its entirety. quote IBM 2250 The IBM 2250 Graphics Display Unit was announced as part of System/360 in 1964. Unlike most modern computer displays, which show images in raster format, the IBM 2250

SV: The IBM Displays Memory Lane (Was: TSO SCREENSIZE)

2011-11-11 Thread Thomas Berg
About the 2250, a link with a photo of the wonder in action: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/computinghistory/2250.html   Regards, Thomas Berg _ Thomas Berg   Specialist   A M   SWEDBANK

Re: The IBM Displays Memory Lane (Was: TSO SCREENSIZE)

2011-11-11 Thread Mike Myers
The 2250 was very interesting to me. I took a class on 2250 programming in 1968. I learned that it had both character and graphics mode. The character mode was of special interest and I developed a full-screen editor that let the group I was working in at the time develop and edit source code

Re: The IBM Displays Memory Lane (Was: TSO SCREENSIZE)

2011-11-11 Thread Lynn Wheeler
m...@mentor-services.com (Mike Myers) writes: The 2250 was very interesting to me. I took a class on 2250 programming in 1968. I learned that it had both character and graphics mode. The character mode was of special interest and I developed a full-screen editor that let the group I was