RE: *** ADMIN: New poll topic on www.midrange.com

I went to the web site but did not find the first system I worked on listed.

My first day in Data Processing was 6/6/66 - nice easy date to remember.

I started with and IBM 402 accounting machine(2 of them) and all the other
peripheral unit record equipment that was in vogue at the time.  

The first "computer" was a 360/20 with 8K of memory, no disk, and lots and
lots and lots of cards.  I still have a pile of 5081's in my desk I take out
and look at and "sort" with my sorting needle.

The S/32 and S/38 were the only two machines I never worked on.  I worked on
a S/32 at the IBM Data Center in Milwaukee for a few hours during a
conversion but that really doesn't count.

IBM wanted us to be a beta site for the S/38 but management just would not
do it and I understand why - but it sure would have been nice.

Spent two weeks at Rochester before the AS/400 was announced converting our
app's (we were an IBM VAR) to the new machine.  That was an exciting two
weeks.

Enough reminiscing.  I need to get back home and finish my taxes.

Dilbert's Words Of Wisdom:
"I love deadlines.  I especially like the whooshing sound they make as they
go flying by."

Dennis Munro    
Badger Mining Corporation
dmunro@badgerminingcorp.com <mailto:dmunro@badgerminingcorp.com> 


        -----Original Message-----
        From:   David Gibbs [SMTP:david@midrange.com]
        Sent:   Saturday, April 10, 1999 9:52 AM
        To:     midrange-l@midrange.com
        Subject:        *** ADMIN: New poll topic on www.midrange.com

        Folks:

        There's a new poll topic on http://www.midrange.com... "What
Midrange 
        System did you start out on?" (thanks to Nina Jones for the
suggestion).

        Results of the Previous Poll Topic: Our yearly computer training
budget is 
        (in units of local currency) ...

        500 or more     61.7% - (21 Votes)
        Zero 23.5% - (8 Votes)
        1 to 250 8.8% - (3 Votes)
        251 to 500 5.8% - (2 Votes)
        Total Votes: 34

        david



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