I started out the same way. S360/40, S370/135 and evenually s3 Eric, I started out the same way. S360/40, S370/135 and evenually s370/158 one of my favorite machines runing OS/VS2/HASP... Scott J Ford
________________________________ From: Eric Bielefeld <eric-ibmm...@wi.rr.com> To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sent: Tuesday, September 1, 2009 2:14:13 PM Subject: Re: 33 Years In IT/Security/Audit I resisted the urge to reply to this when the thread started 4 hours ago, but at the risk of being reprimanded, I'll reply. I remember my first job working for a company with a 360/40 computer in 1969. I was an operator for 2 years on 3rd shift. Sometimes I got done at 5 or 6 in the morning, so I would play with all the neat switches and stuff on the front panel. A couple of times, the machine wouldn't IPL, at least not the first time. Then, I'd putz with the switches, and try different things, and finally get the machine IPL'd. Back then, DOS IPL'd in just a few seconds. I typed in the date and time, and it was ready to go. I remember the machine was quite touchy. I turned it off any time between 9 and 12 noon on Saturday when I went home for the weekend. I remember coming in for some special processing on Sunday, and it wouldn't IPL. When IBM came in, they opened one or two of the panels, and then it IPL'd fine. The CE said he didn't do anything but open the gate. I remember a 1403 control unit where the CE pounded on it with a big hard rubber mallet, and then it started working again. Very interesting stuff back then. Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne & Lynn Wheeler" <l...@garlic.com> > > i got a student programming job in '66 ... was re-implementing 1401 MPIO > (unit record<->tape) front-end for 709 ... on 360/30. possibly just a > learning exercise starting to have people getting familiar with 360 and > getting ready for the 360/67 that was coming in (to replace the 709/1401 > combo). > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
