Re: My nomination for the single most dangerous command on an IBM Midrange box -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Re: My nomination for the single most dangerous command on an IBM Midrange box
From: "B. Dietz" <bdietz400@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2018 19:30:02 -0400
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the following makes me long for the days of the system/38 1 was display and 9 was end(cancel)
bryan

On Mar 12, 2018, at 3:08 PM, James H. H. Lampert <jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

While the fact that in list displays, option 4 (delete or end job) and option 5 (display, work with, &c.) are right next to each other on your keyboard, can occasionally lead to a sudden feeling of tightness in the chest, they at least usually have confirmation screens that can stop you from destroying things.

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Re: My nomination for the single most dangerous command on an IBM Midrange box , Peter Dow

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