I’m pretty sure it's Friday somewhere. I once visited a mainframe shop where 
the only visible IBM-branded gear on the floor was a 37x5. I remember

-- Magnuson CPU (that would be a relic to come across)
-- StorageTek disk and tape
-- Raytheon terminals
-- Some kind of Brand-X printers. 

They ran probably MVS/SP and clearly could not support upgrade to next OS 
version. This was a still-today highly respected company that was sliding along 
on the cheap. No idea if they're still mainframe. 

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J.O.Skip Robinson
Southern California Edison Company
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf 
Of Bill Woodger
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2017 11:10 AM
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Subject: (External):Re: Fujitsu Mainframe Vs IBM mainframe

Also note that if you see a current job-ad for Fujitsu Mainframe skills in the 
UK, it will be for an ICL Mainframe, running VME, and being distinctly 
different from... anything from IBM. The COBOL is to the 1974 Standard (with 
Extensions, including COMP-5 which allows the definition of "bits").

Various parts of "the government" have huge projects at the moment converting 
their old ICL systems to Microfocus COBOL on "servers".


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