Re: Microsoft Tries to Cozy Up to Mainframe, iSeries Users

["Booth Martin" <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, my first computer was a Sys 3/model 6 with a printer interface.  The
operator had a book from which s/he typed the commands that then appeared on
the paper on the printer that was where you'd see a monitor today.  1P was
an important added feature because we could more or less automate a skip to
a new page so reports didn't start with the OCL at the top of the page.

The second computer still had the printer in front of the operator but there
was a small 6 line by 40 character screen off to one side for commands. 

I remember Overlays.  For performance you removed overlays, which meant
writing a string of tiny programs.  We even counted characters in the
heading output because a lot of characterfs in the O specs would put you
into overlays.  Is it possible that we had 5 kb of memory, with 2kb reserved
for system use?  We had to write programs to run in 3kb?  Is that possible,
or is my memory fogged?
 
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Booth Martin
http://www.martinvt.com
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-------Original Message-------
 
From: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Date: 08/26/04 10:30:35
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Microsoft Tries to Cozy Up to Mainframe, iSeries Users
 
That makes you younger than me, since I started on
a 360/30 in 1972 while still in college.
 
Based on the thread, it appears that several remember
when there was no monitor to work on...and no pc's.
 
 
Raby, Steve (GE Advanced Materials, consultant) wrote:
 
> God what does that make me? I taught myself RPGIII on the S/38 back around
83/84 and have worked on RPG ever since. No don't answer I don't want to
know!!! ;-)
>
> Steve who didn't feel too old when he came into work today
 
 
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