Well on the IBM side, there was TOS (Tape Operating System) just prior to DOS (Disk Operating System). And, of course, there was timesharing. Big industry at that time. Now they call it "hosting".
Even back in the 370 days, we had to boot with the card reader, in order to get the standalone program loader in storage to boot from disk. And I still remember keying in the first half dozen instruction with the CES (Console Entry Switchs) before you could boot. I got to relieve those days with an IMSI 8080 <G>. I still have the mylar, paper tape of many programs. Mylar tape lasted a lot longer then paper tape. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting >>> Phil Smith III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 3/28/2007 4:24 PM >>> Do you (a) believe this and (b) recognize the environment being (so badly) described? I'm (a) not sure I do and (b) definitely don't, but I'm not as old as (some of) you... http://worsethanfailure.com/Comments/Saving_a_Few_Minutes.aspx -- ...phsiii
