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#1 Post by gator » Sun Apr 22, 2007 2:22 am

http://www.io.tudelft.nl/public/vdm/fca/ibm/index.htm

amazing pics!
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#2 Post by ryengineer » Sun Apr 22, 2007 2:42 am

Truly amazing.

I think those guys working on IBM System/360 must be very envious of watching us work today on these teeny tiny and much compactor thinkpad machines in now-a-days.
"I've come a long, long way," she said, "and I will go as far,
With the man who takes me from my horse, and leads me to a bar."
The man who took her off her steed, and stood her to a beer,
Were a bleary-eyed Surveyor and a DRUNKEN ENGINEER.
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#3 Post by RealBlackStuff » Sun Apr 22, 2007 4:36 am

I used to operate and program those 360/20s and later models, as far back as 1968.
It's where I learned Assembler from scratch. Very powerful language, even today!
Nowadays my main 'languages' are Cobol and (in small doses) PL/1.
When Wall Street moves to Scranton PA, there should be plenty demand for programmers there.

Must say though that IBM had some quite elegant designs!
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