On Thu, 19 Jan 2017 08:51:39 -0800, John Mattson <[email protected]> wrote:
> But even more ancient were the plug boards which were used for other >purposes. There was one lady, Sono Obuchi, who was the only one who knew >how to program them. I stayed as far away from them as I could. If you are referring to the boards for the IBM 407, my father has one in his basement that someone gave him a few years back. Not sure where it was rescued from, but he appreciated the gift. He had wired those boards as a computer operator for JL Hudson back in the mid-to-late 60s. It's neat to hear the tales of times when one was an operator, sysprog, and apps coder all in one...general purpose defined. One day, hopefully a long, long time from now, it will be on display at the Computer History Museum. Art Gutowski (Jr) General Motors, LLC ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
