RE: What is task CFINT1??

At 10:56 PM 9/29/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Then there was the old card reader/punch used on the IBM/1130.  Model 1
>(the slow one) was upgradable to Model 2 (the fast one).  How?  They pulled
>the first 2 gears from the drive train and changed the ratio.  Of course,
>we had more misfeeds with the faster model and ended up slowing it back
>down again....
>
>--Paul E Musselman
>PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com
>

The 407 had a relay in it that tripped one time out of three to make one
model the slowest.  We pulled it and increased our thruput threefold
Put an access lock on the "computer room" door to prevent unannounced
IBM visits.  Got busted one day though but IBM never said anything cause we
had a 360 on order at 6000/mo in 1968 dollars


Bob Montague
slew@accessone.com
+---
| This is the Midrange System Mailing List!
| To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com.
| To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com.
| To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com.
| Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com
+---