who here already worked with these ?

[Michael Hipp]

vu Pham wrote:
> Cool !!!  So far our list found three supergeeks who used supercomputers :)
> 
> I remember one time one pretty old IBM technician came to my office for 
> rescuing some problems on the old IBM server ( not that old as listed in 
> the link ) my manger who used to be a system programmer for banks talked 
> to him and both were glad with conversation like "Haha, do you remember 
> the printer ... of the system ... ?", "Do you remember the huge disks 
> ... of the system ... ?"
> 
> I guess three of you will be very happy to talk together about those 
> supercomputers :)

I only go back far enough to remember 1978-79 and being a console 
operator on the University's IBM 370/168. These machines were "super" 
only because it was super to have access to *any* computer. As an 
Operator, I had an unlimited job card. WooHoo! That is, if FORTRAN on 
punched cards could be called computing. I bought the PL/I book but 
never managed to slog all the way through it.

I wonder what kind of psychosis I have to still remember the exact 
version numbers of the operating system (OS/MVT 21.8F with HASP version 
4.1).

Think I'll go sit in the rocker on the front porch and cover myself with 
a warm blanket.

Michael