Vernooij, Kees wrote: >When I started, also the terminals we used for online access (TSO, IMS etc.) >were uppercase only. I don't know why, maybe because dual case were not >available, cost more, were not necessary?
Perhaps you're refering to those 3279 and similar IBM 3270 display terminals? Those heavy toys have 3 blue switches, one for Normal/Test, one for 4 or 2 colours and lastly one which switch from A,a to A or vice versa. From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_3270 I see this note: "3270 character set" [ This set contains both lower and upper case letters ] "On the 3275 and 3277 terminals without the a text feature, lower case characters display as uppercase." Kees, are you perhaps refering to those 3275 or 3277 terminals? I am for once glad we don't have those terminals. It is a nightmare to carry them around and they will break these flimsy tables we now have... ;-) Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
