Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!dptg!rutgers!sun-barr!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!brunix!rac From: rac@cs.brown.edu (Robert A. Chekaluk) Newsgroups: comp.lang.asm370 Subject: Question on IBM terminology Message-ID: <12734@brunix.UUCP> Date: 15 Aug 89 14:22:51 GMT Sender: news@brunix.UUCP Reply-To: rac@cs.brown.edu (Robert A. Chekaluk) Organization: Brown University Department of Computer Science Lines: 3 Does anyone know the origin of the IBM term "vary," meaning to attach or detach a device ("Vary the drive on," "Vary the device off") ??