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Re: Operating system name

lol... You were the local hero, the go-to guy. You and John Tobin.

I still remember John Tobin coming in one day after a session with a granite shed down the road. John was visibly agitated...

"We just went live with payroll and one guy's pay is off by $2.00. Come to find out they had a business rule that if you washed Mr Kelly's car during the Depression you get an extra nickle an hour. They told me that and I just walked out. &*^(%$*&$$ Not sure if I'll ever go back." He did though.


On 5/3/2017 4:15 PM, Bill Reed wrote:
As a new IBM Systems Engineer in 1969, I was in an IBM 402 board-wiring class, when we were taken next door for the System/3 announcement. The rest of the class seemed kind of pointless.

I cut my teeth on the 8K System/3 Model 6 that Booth mentioned. ...
Bill Reed
Rock of Ages Corp.
Graniteville, VT 05654




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