>It's interesting to me that I am seeing a couple of references to the 80's >(albeit early 80's) in some of these posts related to punched cards. >I started in 1984 at AT&T in Orlando (in I/O Distribution) and saw nary a >punched card. >I guess it depends on where you were.
Three years can make a big difference in IT (remember Moore's Law). In 1981, we were still using punched cards (albeit one app). In 1984, we weren't using any. I helped cart the old equipment out the door in 1983. In 1981, we had a 5 MIPS machine (AMD 470/V8). In i984, we had a 10+MIPS machine (IBM 3081D). In 1981, we had 30GB of 3330 DASD. In 1984, we had 75GB of 3350 DASD. In both cases, we thought we were a huge shop. The first DASD acquisition I was responsible for, in 1984, it was for 300GB. The last one was for 14TB. (And, in a previous incarnation [one job before], 32TB). I am interviewing for a job where I will be resonsible for managing 4.5PB (PetaBytes), and expecting to grow to 10 within a year to 18 months. The point being, it changes rather quickly. - Too busy driving to stop for gas! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
