> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of David Crayford > Sent: 19 April, 2017 15:51 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Old hardware > > On 19/04/2017 1:58 PM, Timothy Sipples wrote: > > We have a customer in my general part of the world that is, as I write > > this, moving from an IBM mainframe they installed in early 1999 (with > ~1998 > > software releases) to a shiny new IBM z System machine. They have > "only" > > about 19 years (and counting) of new features and capabilities they'll > be > > able to exploit. :-) > > > > I hope they'll introduce themselves soon. > > Are they in Japan? We have Japanese customers running unbelievably back > level versions of z/OS. > > >
It sounds like when I started my job, with SVS on 370/158-168 machines. When during IBM courses the teacher asked what we systems we were using and I said we also had 2 360/65's running, everybody turned to see where I came from. After a few times, I decided to skip these machines. Kees. ******************************************************** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered number 33014286 ******************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
