From: "Robert Comer" 

> You guys have a special place in my heart, that didn't change just
> because I wasn't here.

You're part of the group, here or not.

>  And won't change just because I expect to only
> be minimally participating.  Only have one foot in tech any more.

Not problem, just pop in from time to time so we know you're okay and not
totally burned out from work!

> I think at Kaiser when we did interactive queries on the mainframe you
> couldn't back up without erasing.

It could well have been like that, I'd have hated it. MSDOS does the same
thing without the DOSKEY tsr, very annoying and I still have to work with
DOS occasionally.

--
Bob Comer


"Ellen K."  wrote in message
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> Thanks.  :)   (Blame John B.  )
>
> You guys have a special place in my heart, that didn't change just
> because I wasn't here.   And won't change just because I expect to only
> be minimally participating.  Only have one foot in tech any more.
>
> I think at Kaiser when we did interactive queries on the mainframe you
> couldn't back up without erasing.
>
> On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 21:56:18 -0500, "Robert Comer"
>  wrote in message :
>
>>It's not something specific to mainframe's per se, it's probably just the
>>app you were using.  I know the consoles on a IBM 370/155 in 1976 did
>>non-destructive backspace and they couldn't do much else.
>>
>>Welcome back btw!!
>

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