Re: Happy Birthday to the System/38

In a message dated 97-10-25 16:18:20 EDT, you write:

<< 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.! >>

I would rather  forget those days.  I had to convert a Sys/3 Model 15D
running
CPP to a Sys/38 and make the Sys/38 talk to a Series/1.
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