Re: What do you tell folks you work on?

[rob@xxxxxxxxx]

You may laugh, but one of the first S/36's I installed was to replace a 
3274 and a key-to-diskette machine.  Computer Keyes had a software package 
to emulate key-to-diskette, then the comm sent it off to the mainframe. 
Paid for itself in reduced maintenance.  Only application on it.

Rob Berendt
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PO Box 2000
Dock 108
6928N 400E
Kendallville, IN 46755
http://www.dekko.com





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> > Booth Martin wrote:
> > What do you tell folks you work on?

> Then "David Gibbs" wrote:
> Subject: Re: What do you tell folks you work on?
> "Overgrown Abacuses" :)
>
> Seriously, I tell folks that I work on IBM Mini-computers.  If they
> pursue the question, I go into a bit of detail about cross-platform
> stuff, iSeries, Linux, NT, etc.

David -

In 1985-1986, I was working on a project on a S/36 to develop a 
distributed
asphalt billing system for a Dallas-based oil and gas company (Fina Oil &
Chemical).  At the time, most of their systems were running on big iron, 
and
they had a fairly large development staff of mainframe analysts and
programmers.

In their corporate headquarters, in an obscure corner of the building 
(kind
of like Milton in office space, once he had been relegated to the 
basement),
I had a stand-alone development system - a small S/36, a 5250 terminal, 
and
a printer.

One day, one of the mainframers came over, peered over my cube, and asked:
"Is the System/36 a computer?".
I said, "you're kidding, right?"

He was dead serious...I had to go through the same type of explanation for
him...he thought my S/36 was a 3274 controller...

Regards,
Steve Landess
Austin, Texas
(512) 423-0935
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