Happy Birthday Mainframe

[anonymouse]

There's a linkedin group for ex-ICL bods, still a fair few around.

VME is still running for at least one government dept, although the mainframe has been replaced by a server.

[mudskipper]

I've worked on both a system 360 and an icl 1900. Yes, I'm that old.

My first job was as an operator on a 1900 running George 3.

Admittedly, it was on its way out, but being new I wasn't allowed to touch the expensive shiny VAX kit.

[alluvial]

Interesting.

Anyone know what the 'Break' key can be used for?

Dunno but I remember that all the sysrq key did was freeze my terminal.

[CheeseSlice]

The "escape" key was a common way to exit from a menu system on a mainframe and the "SysRq" key on some keyboards also dates from that era of monolithic computing.

Interesting.

Anyone know what the 'Break' key can be used for?

[Scruff]

Youngsters... The first computer I used at uni. was a UNIVAC.

[darmstadt]

Me too this year and 33 years in mainframes

[NickFitz]

One way to heat a room

[Archangel]

I've worked on both a system 360 and an icl 1900. Yes, I'm that old.

[alluvial]

Fifty today and still going strong.