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Subject: Cute shift-lock symbol
Message-ID: <278@sii.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 27-Jun-83 02:06:24 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun 27 02:06:24 1983
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Re: IBM's shift-lock symbol (I assume the reference was to 3270s) being
"cute": I think the purpose of that and others (like the clock for wait..)
is so that IBM can sell the same terminal to any market without altering
the local programming of the terminal, not to be cute.

Mark Mallett