[Coco] Re: Has anyone worked with "big iron" sysems

[Jim Cox]

What kind of hardware support was there for these systems?
Did the manufacture have people to support these systems(I 
know IBM did) but did the customer also do the hardware 
support?

-Jim

On Tue, 09 May 2006 00:06:40 +0600
  "Richard E. Crislip" <rcrislip at neo.rr.com> wrote:
> I operated IBM 360s, 370s, and alter mainframes up to 
>and including the
> water cooled monster 3090-600J.
> 
> 
>>    One of my first computers was a PDP-11 running 
>>DECTAPE.
>>
>> John Donaldson
>>
>>
>>
>> Rod Barnhart wrote:
>>
>>> Closest I've come is a VAX running VMS. However, it was 
>>>linked to a 
>>> college
>>> mainframe, so that might count ;) Unfortunately, that 
>>>was back when I 
>>> was in
>>> high school, so those memories are a bit fuzzy at this 
>>>point.
>>>
>>> Rod
>>>
>>>
>>> On 5/8/06, Jim Cox <jimcox at miba51.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm curious to know if anyone on this list has worked 
>>>>with
>>>> so-called "big iron" systmes.
>>>>
>>>> If so, I'm interested in reading about your experiences.
>>>> Don't know if you want to share with the list or not.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> -Jim
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