As I recall the 3277 with text support also lacked a caps lock key. Memorex 1377? I don't recall whether it had a dual case option.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2018 2:16 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: So much for THAT excuse | Computerworld SHARK TANK On Mon, 19 Nov 2018 18:59:28 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote: >We had lower case on *our* 3277 displays. YMMV. > I remember using a clone 327x that transmitted either case depending on use of the shift key, but folded all to majuscule for display. Ouch! And no caps lock, but a shift lock that mechanically latched the shift key. I understood it faithfully imitated the behavior of some IBM model. It's hard to remember that character generator ROMs were once so expensive. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
