Along with the S/3 96 column equivalent, the F was sometimes an improper (pun alert) noun. Or is that an adjective?
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of Steve Thompson <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 27, 2025 5:11 PM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: 3420 environmentals? External Message: Use Caution Was't the 2560 known as "Mother Fletcher's Card Mangler?" It has been a long time since I tossed card decks for sorting..... Steve Thompson On 6/27/2025 4:16 PM, Doug Fuerst wrote: > The 360/20 used a 2415 generally. 2 very mechanical drives in > one enclosure. And the infamous 2560 MFCM . > > Doug Fuerst > Principal Consultant > BK Associates > 718.921.2620 (O) > 917.572.7364 (C) > [email protected] > > > ------ Original Message ------ >> From "Ricardo Krigun" >> <[email protected]> > To [email protected] > Date 6/27/2025 15:52:14 PM > Subject Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: 3420 environmentals? > >> My first contact with an IBM computer was a 1401...we got a >> 360-20 after... if I remember the correct model. >> Ricardo Krigun >> On Friday, June 27, 2025 at 01:35:19 p.m. EDT, Seymour J >> Metz <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 14xx, 7010, 7070, 7040, 7044, 7074, 7080, 7090, 7094 for >> sure; maybe 7030. The 7072 used the slower 7330. >> >> -- >> Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz >> http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 >> עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי >> נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________________ >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> >> on behalf of Doug Fuerst <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, June 27, 2025 1:01 PM >> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: 3420 environmentals? >> >> >> External Message: Use Caution >> >> >> A 729 was the tape device for a 7080/7090/7094. 1410 too IIRC. >> >> Watch Nighthawks with Sly Stallone sometime. 360/30 and 2401's >> in that, >> and a 1403/2540. Not seen much but it's there. I set them up. >> Warehouse on 39th Street on the west side of Manhattan. >> >> Doug Fuerst >> >> >> >> ------ Original Message ------ >> From "Seymour J Metz" <[email protected]> >> To [email protected] >> Date 6/27/2025 12:56:15 PM >> Subject Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: 3420 environmentals? >> >>> ITYM a card sorter. Later on a 727, or a 729 if you're lucky. >>> >>> -- >>> Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz >>> http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 >>> עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי >>> נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ________________________________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
