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

[nina jones <ddi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I am afraid to ask...  When did the first shipments of System/3, Model 6 go 
>out the door?  February of 1971 is what my memory tells me, but then, my 
>memory tells me lots of things.  I think it included a course in RPG 
>programming called a "PID"?  It was programmed instruction.  Once the course 
>was completed it was expected that a person could write programs for tasks 
>like mailing labels and simple reports.

i can't remember the details about the model 6.  i know it was around in 1973, 
because i worked on one then.

i started at a bank that got a system 3 model 10, in 1972.  we took those 
classes, and they expected us to do more than mailing labels and simple 
reports.  they bought bank software and turned us loose!   they hired a guy to 
oversee the project, but he didn't have system 3 experience either.

for real, i was 19 then, and got involved because i did well on the apptitude 
test.  but i left a year later, it was a small oklahoma military town, and my 
husband graduated from college and couldn't find a job there.

so we came to oklahoma city, and ibm found me a job there right away.  oh for 
the good old days....

nj

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