That page links to some very cool stuff

Post #157,645 by Meerkat 5/30/04 12:17:50 AM Reply	That page links to some very cool stuff Primarily, [link\|http://www.nfrpartners.com/comphistory/\|photos of old IBM equipment]. I remember as a work experience kid having to lean the vacuum channels of the tape drive - gangs of fun. The author's wry commentary is good value too. Picture A : "Decks of punched cards" Picture B: "Insert the cards at left to produce these. They are called 'core dumps'" :) And the wall behind the 1130 system is just ... far out. Two out of three people wonder where the other one is.
Post #157,652 by broomberg 5/30/04 12:38:22 AM Reply	Everyone smoked.
Post #157,723 by a6l6e6x 5/30/04 2:13:25 PM Reply	Thanks, I hadn't seen those. That was my world in my late 20's, early 30's. Alex Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost. -- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), German philosopher
Post #157,780 by Meerkat 5/30/04 10:13:02 PM Reply	Bits of it were my late teens, early 20s. I was just a mainframe user, not an operator. (My week of work experience as a 15yr old notwithstanding.) Of course, being a young mainframe COBOL programmer generally meant I hated it, longing for something more current. But nowadays I look back on it with a certain fondness. There are still aspects of ISPF that I miss. Well, a bit. Maybe. (I don't miss having to carry armfuls of tape reels across site to the 'backup safe'...) Two out of three people wonder where the other one is.

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