> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Marchant > Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2007 6:11 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: The future of IBM Mainframes [just thinking] > > > On Sat, 8 Sep 2007 16:43:44 -0400, Gerhard Adam wrote: > > >..... In addition, the opportunity to learn from "hands on" was > >significantly more restricted than it is today. > > On the other hand, we had Program Logic Manuals and > microfiche. I spent > many hours reading both so that I could understand the code that I was > trying to interface to. In the process I gained a lot of > insight into the > workings of the system. I wouldn't trade that for anything. > > -- > Tom Marchant
Hum, and everybody at my first job thought that I was "weird" for taking PLMs home to read over the weekend and on vacation. I don't miss the HIPO diagrams, however. I only looked a the fiche once. I needed to know how to convert an STCK value to printable date and time. At that time, I was fresh out of college and didn't have much assembler experience. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged and/or confidential. It is for intended addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this communication is strictly prohibited and could, in certain circumstances, be a criminal offense. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply and delete this message without copying or disclosing it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
