>From my CPU charts the Amdahl 1015 was around a 9 MSU / 55 MIP box With the exception of the last line the eulogy is nice.
Eulogy http://umanitoba.ca/mainframe/eulogy.php For forty-seven years you've served us well, you cast us in your green spell. You processed transactions without complaint, we've asked the Pope to make you a saint. The users you were always able to please, with a little training they could enter with ease, all the data they needed in 2 or 3 screens instead of the 57 in VIP. And getting data was easy in IMS, there were six hundred reports in the RS. And Finance was easy with FRGLA, in the time when the mainframe held sway. And the programmers they had all the tools they need, Easytrieve and Cobal made programming a breeze. And Mantes were there to manage the files, and to help with debugging if it wouldn't compile. Now gone are the punch cards and card readers of yore, and mainframe computers that used up the whole floor. With tape drive controllers and large stacks of tapes, that kept operators scrambling all over the place. Farewell IMS, we'll remember you well. After forty-seven years, there are many stories to tell. Like when Tel Reg nearly shut down MTS, and when the Y2K bug put us under duress. You helped us achieve our academic objectives, and gave our admin processes a proper perspective. But now we must lay you under the flora, because we have to go deal with this bloody Aurora. So we commit your parts to be recycled. Earth to Earth Ashes to Ashes Dust to Dust To the god of computers, please bless it and keep it And give it grace and peace But please do not resurrect it. -----Original Message----- Mike Baldwin Hi listers, This morning on the way to work, to my surprise I heard something on the radio about the death of "the" mainframe. No, I didn't turn around and head home! But I did find this: http://www.cbc.ca/spark/blog/2007/11/manitoba_mainframe_funeral.html Manitoba Mainframe Funeral Posted by Dan Misener on November 29 at 04:48 PM On November 21, 2007, the University of Manitoba said goodbye to its beloved mainframe by holding a New Orleans Style Jazz Funeral, complete with a piñata Spark's microphones were at the funeral, and you can hear the ceremony or download the mp3. and: http://umanitoba.ca/mainframe/ In the following video Marvin Kocay, director of Administrative Systems, proceeds over the "burial" portion of the memorial service. A transcript of the eulogy is available. On Monday, October 22, 2007 at 15:45, the mainframe (Betelgeuse) was unplugged from the internet. It is with deep sadness that the IT family announces the end of a generation of mainframe computing. The first mainframe, an IBM 650 was installed in the year 1960 and went through many upgrades and changes to the final hardware of an Amdahl Millennium 1015. In its many forms the mainframe has supported the Student Records systems, Payroll, Human Resources, Finance, Research, student labs, etc. The mainframe was predeceased by the Huron Object Star database, telephone registration, punch cards, card readers, DT80 terminals connected by the pink wire, and Mantes, the beloved file management system. It leaves behind some 25 servers that are now needed to run these systems and will be lovingly remembered by users from across campus. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to The Retired Programmers Association or the IST Christmas Party Foundation. Regards, Mike Baldwin Cartagena Software Ltd. www.cartagena.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
