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Re:Building the System/360 Mainframe Nearly Destroyed IBM by slashdave on Tuesday April 08, 2025 @07:12PM (#43627382)
> I know the graphics chip is better.

Graphics? We used these machines with 9600 baud serial terminals.

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Re:Building the System/360 Mainframe Nearly Destroyed IBM by ryao on Wednesday April 09, 2025 @03:32AM (#43629725)
I am not sure about the 360’s terminals, but some terminals could display graphics via sixels. Konsole and xterm are capable of showing them in the present day if you run a terminal copy of word perfect.
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