[TUHS] PWB vs Unix/TS
Paul Winalski
paul.winalski at gmail.com
Thu Sep 12 02:05:37 AEST 2019
>On 9/10/19, Clem Cole <clemc at ccc.com> wrote:
>
> SCCS was important and the RJE support was important because that was the
> system being used and it made a huge impression on AT&T staff. A terminal
> to a UNIX box was way cheaper and to the IBM and people were so much more
> productive.
IBM RJE stations were card-based, with a card reader, card punch, and
line printer. Communication with the mainframe was via half-duplex
bisync. Certainly editing programs on a UNIX terminal would be WAY
more productive than punch cards!
-Paul W.
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