[Thinkpad] [QUIZ]: Was 360 Series Ramblings

Donald, David and Julian,

Donald MacQueen wrote:

> well, you all did an excellent job. i knew how lucky i was only after
> i met people working on a 360/40 with DOS/360 where you had to specify
> the disk pack and cylinders you wanted to allocate for even temporary
> sort space, and God help you if you underestimated. this led me to the
> motto "making machines do more so man can do less", or at least more
> important things than allocate pack-specific space for a sort. i have
> followed this motto upwards throughout my programming career and have
> been a committed smalltalker since the early 90s.

More than even YOU guys would want to remember about the 360 series!

http://www.beagle-ears.com/lars/engineer/comphist/ibm360.htm

Mine was a 360/30 as a wet-nosed undergrad at Stevens in 1965.

Now for the Quiz! What's wrong with this picture? (No peeking at the source!)

http://www.beagle-ears.com/lars/engineer/comphist/c20-1684/fig127c.jpg

Regards,

James

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Received on Sat Sep 27 22:18:42 2003