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When I was in college, they had a "Nancy-One", attached to our IBM System/360 -- I used to be a part-time (student) operator in the data center, so I got to change the paper, etc. -- but a person could not sleep on top of one of these; the surface area on top was to small... the real fun was changing the print train, for example, to mount the "TN" train (with upper and lower case characters), or to change the "carriage control" tape - a giant paper tape with holes punched in it. ;-) Here are some nice pictures including one that looks just like the N1, and also nice pictures of the print chains, etc. (page down for more links).
http://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/roger.broughton/iomedia/hslprt.htm The "next generation" of IBM 3211 printers, introduced with the S/370 family, was large enough for a person to climb up there, but I doubt anyone could sleep on it -- it was too noisy, IMHO, and if the cover did attempt to open with a person on top, that would be too heavy and cause problems for the equipment (an "equipment check" would occur, signal the CPU of the error, a light would come on, etc. -- what fun!). A nice picture here: http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/mainframe/mainframe_PP3145.html
Thanks for the trip down memory lane, though. Cheers, Mark S. Waterbury > Jerry Adams wrote:
Yeah, the N1 (alias Nancy-1). A friend of mine said his night operator's cat like to snooze on top of theirs, probably because it was warm. One night the N1 ran out of forms while the cat was resting there. George said he had a hell of a time explaining to the CE what the yellow stuff on the tape drive was the next day.* Jerry C. Adams *IBM System i5/iSeries Programmer/Analyst B&W Wholesale Distributors, Inc.* * voice 615.995.7024 fax 615.995.1201 email jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Mark Allen wrote:IIRC we had a printer on a Sys/3 that when it ran out of forms the lid would auto open. We burned that printer up a few times from "one" of us leaving coffee/coke on top of it.......and it ran out of paper.... On 2/7/07, Jerry Adams <jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:Long ago (in a galaxy far, far away - L.A.) one of the programmers at corporate casually placed his coffee cup on top of the 370. For those that have never seen a 370 its top is (was) a grid to, I guess, help vent the heat. Anyway, when told that he shouldn't put his cup there, he went to remove it, but instead knocked it over thus spilling the coffee into the 370. He was given five [5] minutes to pack his things and get the hell out of the building. This was confirmed by both our local company's treasurer, who was there at the time, and a short article in the WSJ. So, take care, Rob. We would sorely miss your worldly and valuable contributions here. * Jerry C. Adams *IBM System i5/iSeries Programmer/Analyst B&W Wholesale Distributors, Inc.* * voice 615.995.7024 fax 615.995.1201 email jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:So, setting a cup of coffee on top of the computer, like I routinely dotoour 570, would be frowned upon? Rob Berendt-- This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.
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