I used to tag along with my Dad to work in the '60's and '70's. I remember
the IBM 360 and 370's vividly. Along with the smell of the air, the
spinning of the tape drives, whirring disk platters, the lovely sound of the
printer hoods opening and closing, the multitude of blinking lights and
register readouts, the selectric ball at the control console. It was my
dream to have one in my bedroom (it would never have fit).
My college computer courses were on a 370 with RPG, COBOL, and 80-column
cards.
I'd have bought it from you. :)
Tom C.
From: graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
BTW, did I ever mention the IBM 370 mainframe I was once offered, "We just
want to get the damned thing out of here"? I turned it down not realizing
there was several hundred dollars worth of gold contacts in the thing.
