The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ted MacNEIL) writes: > I went to the University of Waterloo (1976-1980), and I was told it > was a 360/40, at the time. But, I do remember when it was replaced > with a 303x machine. quicky search engine; random web URL: http://www.therecord.com/links/generic_020607102451.html from above: By 1967, the university had an IBM 360/75 the largest computer in Canada. It filled a room the size of a gymnasium and was designated as a backup for NASA's Apollo space missions. ... snip ... and more: http://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/40th/Chronology/1974.shtml other drift from above: Waterloo SCRIPT was developed as one of the early text formatting systems. One version of SCRIPT was created at MIT and the AA/CS at UW took over project development in 1974. The program was first used at UW in 1975. In the 1970s, SCRIPT was the only practical way to word process and format documents using a computer. By the late 1980s, the SCRIPT system had been extended to incorporate various upgrades. (Cowan, Graham, Mackie et al. 29). ... snip ... i.e. waterloo script was clone of the CMS (cp67 and/or vm370) script command. various computer related pictures from waterloo, including 360/75 http://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/40th/Chronology/1967.shtml following has reference to 360/75 being put up for auction (and "the console was mounted on a wall in the Red Room") http://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/40th/Chronology/1979.shtml picture of decommissioning 360/75 http://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/40th/Chronology/1980.shtml in the early 90s, we were doing several ha/cmp http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/subtopic.html#hacmp marketing tours on the far side of the pacific. on one tour at a bank hdqtrs, a recent waterloo graduate happened to mentioned that they studied the "wheeler scheduler" at waterloo. misc. scheduler related posts http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/subtopic.html#fairshare ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
