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

"Dial 3 and cancel" :)

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On 3/12/2018 4:30 PM, B. Dietz wrote:
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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