RossPatterson
Re:Fun things to do with your VM/370 CE machine – Fun with big computers
on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @07:04PM (#50448065)
They do not. That's why we have EE.
Re:Fun things to do with your VM/370 CE machine – Fun with big computers
on Monday November 09, 2026 @08:21PM (#50434860)
> not even bold in the terminal to highlight your current line in EDIT
CMS EDIT was designed when the 3277 was the standard terminal. Those things had a SYSTEM AVALIABLE indicator on the center of the right side of the screen, outside the text area. That was the current-libe marker! When the 3278 came out, all the indicators moved to before the text area, but by then, everyone had moved to EDGAR or XEDIT.
Re:Fun things to do with your VM/370 CE machine – Fun with big computers
on Monday November 09, 2026 @06:45PM (#50434029)
Yes. But it's also you
Long time no see!
Re:Fun things to do with your VM/370 CE machine – Fun with big computers
on Monday November 09, 2026 @06:44PM (#50434019)
Weird? Let's talk about the Unix userspace commands!
Re:Fun things to do with your VM/370 CE machine – Fun with big computers
on Monday November 09, 2026 @06:41PM (#50433984)
There is as an APL system for VM/370, but IBM's licensing restrictions prevent the VM/370 Community Edition from pre-installing it.
Re:Fun things to do with your VM/370 CE machine – Fun with big computers
on Monday November 09, 2026 @06:38PM (#50433954)
Mike Cowlishaw. He also created the Java decimal math, and the I EEE DECIMAL floating point.