On 03/12/2017 11:34 PM, Gabe Goldberg wrote:
> Bridging the Distance
> Remote system control, despite its complexity, is worth it
>
> Remote system programming used to mean using a keypunch machine
> outside the data center. But card decks still needed to get to the
> clunky
Gabe Goldberg wrote:
Do today's system programmers need physical access to data centers?
Nice article. It has been years since I've seen the machines I'm programming.
IBM's great field service folks drive out and swap disks when the fail and we
share the HMC as they do it!
Customer's local
Bridging the Distance
Remote system control, despite its complexity, is worth it
Remote system programming used to mean using a keypunch machine outside
the data center. But card decks still needed to get to the clunky 2540
or equivalent unit record device. Maybe we had a key or door code to