-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 3:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Decimal FP (was: vendor JCL)
>>Simultaneous Peripheral Operations On Line. >I know that's what IBM says it meant. >I don't believe them, I think SPOOL always meant spool. I don't know about that. The first time I heard it was in the mid-1970's (in University) and I was told, then, that was what it stood for. If it were to be coined today, it would be SPOO, since Online is now one word. <SNIP> If I remember correctly, that was what it was called on a Burroughs B-series system. Later, Steve Thompson ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
