Processing data in blocks - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

1 Jun 1998

At 07:55 PM 5/28/98 -0700, you wrote:
...
 The terminal acts as a buffer for the data, not for the
keyboard.  The
keyboard is used to make changes to the data in the buffer and
initiate the transfer of the changed data back to the 3000.  The
keystrokes themselves don't get sent to the 3000, only the edited
data. 
It's not a dead concept, either.  Wanna see it in use?  Go to
<http://www.sinasohn.com/clascomp/specform.htm>.  

The form (aka web page) is downloaded to your terminal (aka browser), you
enter your data, make changes/edits, and then transfer the data (aka
submit) to the host system (aka web server).  

Same thing, only with prettier graphics and much slower.

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