Somehow this story doesn't sound very plausible. The most obvious question is how did this system actually run any jobs, or programs without a card reader? However, even then, how did they IPL the system in the first place? There is no mention of what this stand alone deck is supposed to be, but if it's a restore, then why wouldn't they have had that on tape?
This sounds like a rather contrived story, and I seriously doubt that it ever occurred. After all, the most obvious solution would have been to simply request a stand-alone "deck" on tape [which could have easily been done from virtually any local data center - since I specifically had such requests from other companies from time to time]. Adam ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
