Subj : Re: 3270 BBS
To   : TENSER
From : Dumas Walker
Date : Thu Aug 21 2025 09:21 am

>  DW> On a "real" mainframe, that is how it works.  When you type 'x'<enter>,
>  DW> you are logging out of the user interface.  That takes you out to the
>  DW> TSO "command line" where you type in "logoff"<enter> and the connection
>  DW> drops.

> Ah...TSO.  I can't remember if it was TSO or TSS that was the
> inspiration for the old quip about kicking a dead whale down the
> beach.

Since I have never heard that old quip, I am guessing it must have been
about TSS.  ;)


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