On 9 Feb 2015 19:37:57 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote:
In nlifdap0jlltnc68b83spng5la9i678...@4ax.com, on 02/08/2015
at 04:49 PM, Clark Morris cfmpub...@ns.sympatico.ca said:
Honeywell 800 FACT
FACT is fiction. And here I thought that I was the last person
still alive to have
In o7ekda5onbsdiumag0fk3bneqoa1e1k...@4ax.com, on 02/10/2015
at 01:01 PM, Clark Morris cfmpub...@ns.sympatico.ca said:
Complete with paging to tape and using 3 of the 8 CPUs as I recall.
There was only one CPU. The H-800 was the first machine that I'm aware
of to use virtual
In nlifdap0jlltnc68b83spng5la9i678...@4ax.com, on 02/08/2015
at 04:49 PM, Clark Morris cfmpub...@ns.sympatico.ca said:
Honeywell 800 FACT
FACT is fiction. And here I thought that I was the last person
still alive to have heard of it.
--
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT
On Sat, Feb 7, 2015 at 11:11 PM, Ed Gould edgould1...@comcast.net wrote:
Scott:
I am far from an expert in these areas but here are some thoughts.
From what little I have seen here in IL here are some guesses:
1. Budgets are not only bare bones but are downright disgraceful. Year
after
On 7 Feb 2015 21:04:11 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote:
http://www.king5.com/story/news/local/2015/02/06/old-computers-state-government-agencies/22953063/
On Sat, 7 Feb 2015 19:50:10 -0500, scott wrote:
Which state agencies? Some out of work programmers would probably love
to do some
local news just had item about ancient software at state agencies, 619
major cobol applications developed in 80s ... frequent crashesoutages,
almost impossible to maintain or change ... in part because of the lack
of cobol programmers. The state is even considering setting up financial
incentive
That's not the only causemanagement being cheap, an issue I have seen
for years...experienced people are worth their weight on 'gold' .
On Saturday, February 7, 2015, Anne Lynn Wheeler l...@garlic.com wrote:
local news just had item about ancient software at state agencies, 619
major
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That's not the only causemanagement being cheap, an issue I have seen
for years...experienced people are worth their weight on 'gold' .
On Saturday, February 7, 2015, Anne Lynn Wheeler l
http://www.king5.com/story/news/local/2015/02/06/old-computers-state-government-agencies/22953063/
On Sat, 7 Feb 2015 19:50:10 -0500, scott wrote:
Which state agencies? Some out of work programmers would probably love
to do some meaningful work.
On 02/07/2015 01:01 PM, Anne Lynn Wheeler
Scott:
I am far from an expert in these areas but here are some thoughts.
From what little I have seen here in IL here are some guesses:
1. Budgets are not only bare bones but are downright disgraceful.
Year after year the budgets are FROZEN and that means doing less with
no new equipment.
Which state agencies? Some out of work programmers would probably love
to do some meaningful work.
On 02/07/2015 01:01 PM, Anne Lynn Wheeler wrote:
local news just had item about ancient software at state agencies, 619
major cobol applications developed in 80s ... frequent crashesoutages,
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