Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!iuvax!cica!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!@rice.edu:brunix!rac@UUNET.UU.NET From: @rice.edu:brunix!rac@UUNET.UU.NET ("Robert A. Chekaluk") Newsgroups: comp.lang.asm370 Subject: Question on IBM terminology Message-ID: <8908151649.AA00884@brazos.rice.edu> Date: 15 Aug 89 14:22:51 GMT Reply-To: IBM 370 Assembly Programming Discussion List <@rice.edu:ASM370%UCF1VM.BITNET@icsa.rice.edu> Distribution: inet Organization: The Internet 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") ??