Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!sun-barr!newstop!sun!amdahl!terry From: terry@uts.amdahl.com (Lewis T. Flynn) Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix Subject: Re: AIX on IBM370 machines Keywords: AIX, IBM, mainframe Message-ID:Date: 24 Sep 89 22:37:43 GMT References: <13676@well.UUCP> <20027@gryphon.COM> <321@cscnj.csc.COM> <6368@turnkey.gryphon.COM> <784@scifi.UUCP> <6371@turnkey.gryphon.COM> Reply-To: terry@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Lewis T. Flynn) Distribution: comp Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA Lines: 19 In article <6371@turnkey.gryphon.COM> jackv@turnkey.gryphon.COM writes: >To Mike and Terry from Amdahl, since I have never used UTS, I am >curious. You say it supports 3270 access, how does it handle their >block-mode nature with regard to vi and the like? I have seen MTS >at U of M and I don't think it has this problem since it is set up >for such terminals, rather than running software designed in the >async world (again, I could be wrong here since I only had a brief >glance at it). UTS allows you to run vi on a 3270, but I would recommend it only for the masochistically inclined. 3270 users run ned, an editor designed for 3270 use. It resembles xedit and ISPF/PDF but mostly because all three were constrained by the 3270. I use both ned and vi for my editing and find that for some kinds of tasks, I prefer one and for different tasks I prefer the other. Both are usable. Terry I'm still speaking as a user.