The IBM 1620 was also my first hands-on computer. I was a college student at the time in a co-op program. My co-op job was with DuPont. One quarter when I returned to work with the design engineers the company had just gotten rid of the old 1410 and installed a 360/30 for the business side of the house and a 1620 in an open shop for the engineers. It was considered a scientific/fortran machine, but it was called the CADET for "Can't Add and Doesn't Even Try". It didn't have any dedicated addition registers, but did all it's calculations via table lookup using incore tables.
Tom Kelman Enterprise Capacity Planner Commerce Bank of Kansas City (816) 760-7632 > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Rick Fochtman > Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 3:25 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: 33 Years In IT/Security/Audit > > I started in 1969 on a 360/44, with a 1620/20 in the background. Never > looked back . :-) Also plugged boards for the infamous 407, 'cuz the > 1620 had only card reader and card punch and console. > > Rick > ----------------------- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ***************************************************************************** If you wish to communicate securely with Commerce Bank and its affiliates, you must log into your account under Online Services at http://www.commercebank.com or use the Commerce Bank Secure Email Message Center at https://securemail.commercebank.com NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any attached files are confidential. The information is exclusively for the use of the individual or entity intended as the recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, copying, printing, reviewing, retention, disclosure, distribution or forwarding of the message or any attached file is not authorized and is strictly prohibited. If you have received this electronic mail message in error, please advise the sender by reply electronic mail immediately and permanently delete the original transmission, any attachments and any copies of this message from your computer system. ***************************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
