No, no and no. There were direct access storage devices in the 1950s.
MBBCCHHR is not the address that goes over the channel. M applies to all DASD, not just the 2321. ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of Warren Brown <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 2, 2021 6:13 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Reliable source for slang term "noodle picker"? Noodle picker is the grand daddy of DASD it you at DASD address you'l see MBBCCHHRR THE first characters NBB are good for noodle picker only. On Tuesday, November 2, 2021, 06:02:31 PM EDT, Phil Smith III <[email protected]> wrote: I of course understand Wikipedia's desire for citation, but in cases like this it's probably just not possible. Would it maybe pass muster if it says something like "colloquially known as the 'noodle picker'"? That makes it clearer that it's not official and perhaps unverifiable. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
