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March 9, 2008 - 4:09pm
from small acorns mighty Oaks grow...
Even though in computing terms its almost the reverse: The first big beige box I personally worked on was the IBM System38. The size of a family car with a clonky keyboard great big whirring tape drives... ahh those were the days!
Sadly modern machines are smaller, faster and look way cooler.
Maybe the saying would be true if Acorns grew into Bonsai trees.
October 19, 2008 - 10:29am
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First I want to say HI - I like this new forum and looks like its going to be interesting as it gets up and running.
Just wanted to say hello and introduce myself.
btw I cant seem to post a new topic in the forum myself but can reply to this one? Am I doing something wrong?
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The Series 1 was the first big midrange box to come out of IBM - and slightly before my time as well. I really dont know anything about this box apart from it looks like something straight out of the set of Space 1999:
The System 38
This was the first big IBM computer I worked with. Back in the days when hair was dark, waistlines were trim and hopes were high. Apparently the System 34 was also around at this time, but I never came across it. I spent many a long weekend in the computer room with the massive System 38 switching out the fancy 8" diskettes from the front hooper for backups. I even accidentally pulled the red IPL plug when being a bit to inquisitive one saturday afternoon (less said about that the better)
System 36
Now here's a weird one. So the System 36 came out after the system 38 and had lots of neat features - POP is a memorable one that later became PDM on the AS400. The 36 was notable smaller and faster but was killed out in favour of the System38 as the S38 grew in strength and power.
AS400
Ahhh... This is my personal favourite and still close to my heart. The sexy blackness of it all. the VHS cassette sized QIC120 tape drives. It had a key and LCD status codes on the front. Oh it was so Star Trek it was unbelievable. I can clearly remember my first day of jumping on a model B10 at Toshiba in Frimley. OOOh, the excitement of typing in WRKACTJOB rather than DSPACTJOB.