M Harris wrote: > On Sunday 03 June 2007 13:43, Vince L wrote: >>> too many oldtimer, here :-))) >> Punched cards, anyone? > My first "official" computer related job (ca. 1970, I was 15) was > computer > operator on an IBM 360 mod44 (fully transistorized high speed number > crunching mainframe--- with 256K of main ram!).
Another 360/44 user! I used it in a nuclear lab from 1971 -- 1976. I was officially an electronics technician going to school, but often helped physicists optimize their data acquisition and reduction code. > ...card hopper. We eventually installed drive packs... with platters the > size > of a large cake pan... and the drive units were the size of a washing > machine. Yeah, we had those 6-platter, 10-surface 14" packs, too. It was scary the first few times hearing the "clunk-clunk" as the heads did their seeks. Am I remembering correctly that those held an ample 10MB total? :-) John Perry -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
