Re: System 34

Don,

I had ALMOST forgotten about THAT !!! Wasn't the it something like IBM had
planned on having  a decent tape drive but the folks that were doing it ran into
trouble and by the time IBM found out it was too late to hold up the 400 ?

We ended up getting a HUGE 3480 tape cartridge unit made by... hmmm, can't
remember - but at LEAST we could save a bunch of stuff. Then as we upgraded we
got the 3490 and then the 3590. I LOVED that 3590 !!!

Chuck

Don wrote:

> >  Al Barsa wrote:
>
> > Believe it or not, the design point for the System/38 was no tape!
> >
>
> Ya know Al, sometimes one has to wonder just what toadheads were and still
> are in some cases designing this stuff.  Definately NOT people that have
> to use them in a day to day scenerio...
>
> To wit:  Remember when the 400's came out and for several iterations of
> the early models, they were HAPPY to sell you gillions of gigs of DASD,
> but you were stuck with this stupid 1/4 DC600 type media for backup that
> was the slowest thing since submitting a invoice to Endicott!  It would
> take all weekend and 80 tapes to backup a system!
>
> Fortunately, things have come along way from then, but I recall when we
> screamed at people at the 2.2/2.3 and 3.1/2 announcements about
> backup/restore and were just met with stupid stares...and the ubiquitious
> "I understand....but you're screwed...buy a bigger box....".
>
> Also, I recall back when we were told that "System C" is the best language
> out there...EVERYONE's writing in it and you can port code in from all
> over...It's going to replace RPG very shortly....:)  ...kinda like what I
> read all the time about that coffee grind stuff...uh, I think it's call
> july, jani, joni.....OH!  java! .....:)
>
> :)   Ah the old days....kids today have it tooo good...:)
>
> Don in DC
>
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