Re: Happy Birthday to the System/38 -- MIDRANGE-L

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Joanie Clark wrote:
> 
> Al,
> 
> That sure brings back memories for me..... I remember our
> System/38... those huge disk drives that provided heat for those cold
> winter days..... I remember "magazines" too, and how we use to back
> up our system on them.... we felt so "with it" when we got a reel
> tape !!  My times have changed...
> 
>I remember the third S/38 shop i was in, in 1985.  I relocated from LA. 
CA....to MI....they had 2 sets of 20 magazines for there daily backups. 
 They rotated them every other day...6 months later i finally convinced 
them that a reel-to-reel would be a little better...not that long ago.!
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