A ways back, even I can't remember, I attended a Guide (it merged with Share) meeting and after the conference was over, Jack (a friend I met at Guide) and I went to the Boston Computer Museum. Once we got in, at a distance I saw a sign S/360! I tell Jack "let's go see!" When we got there, there were 3 S/360 on display, the model 20, 30 and 40. Those were the first computer systems that I worked on in a place called IDPC (International Data Processing Corp.) on Canal Street in New York. It was a service bureau but it's main customer was Grove Press (a publishing company). The 360/20 was used only to print large reports. Tape input printer output. The 360/30 was used for all production runs and the 360/40 was used for testing. I remember a smart aleck programmer stopping the CPU, raising and lowering the toggle switches on the model 40 just to impress his buddies!
The link you included in this post brought me back to that time! I was hired as an operator, but after they lost the Grove Press as a client, I got to do programming, and systems work. That first job taught me so much! After moving to south Florida for a job as an Operator, I finally got into the career that I liked best! I became a Systems Programmer, first in DOS, then VSE, then VSE/AF and then I finally joined the big boys and z/OS. Thanks for bringing back old memories! *George Rodriguez* *Specialist II - IT Security* *PX - 47652* *(561) 357-7652 (office)* *(954) 415-7586 (mobile)* *School District of Palm Beach County* *3348 Forest Hill Blvd.* *Room B-332* *West Palm Beach, FL. 33406-5869* *Florida's Only A-Rated Urban District* On Mon, Apr 8, 2019 at 10:43 AM Dave Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > is now 55 years old, as of yesterday, April 7th. An interesting story > about it: > > https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-history/silicon-revolution/building-the-system360-mainframe-nearly-destroyed-ibm > DJ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- *Disclaimer: *Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
