> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gerhard Postpischil > Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 8:02 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: How to get the CPC name on which the current > system is running > > On 3/17/2011 10:33 AM, Martin Packer wrote: > > When I speak to customers using their RMF data I use the > serial number to > > denote the machine but THEY often go "oh, that's 'Flossie'" > but there's > > nowhere I know of to tell the machine what it's called. :-) > > > > Martin (not anthropomorphising computers as I gather they > don't like it) > > :-) > > When IBM first issued the 360 line, each device and controller > had a three position tag, and the C.E.s had peel and stick > sheets with hexadecimal numbers, used to indicate the UCB name > of the equipment. We liberated some of these and personalized > the CPUs as 0AF, BAD, and similar. Some were compromises, such > as A55. <g> None of our machines ever objected <G> > > > Gerhard Postpischil > Bradford, VT
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