Have you ever seen a Mainframe?

priya · Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 7:26 pm Post subject: Have you ever seen a Mainframe?

This is a poll, please Vote.

As a Mainframe programmer, have you ever seen a Mainframe - the Big Iron / Dinosaur or even the new s/z-series!

Please dont lie, but vote, just for kidding!

PeD · Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 7:47 pm Post subject:

I slept on a mainframe, I eat on a mainframe, I cried because a mainframe, I laught on a mainframe, I touch all sorts of mainframe..I store champ bottle in a mainframe.... 360 370 80cols 2311 1401 4331 4341 3770 3790 .... since 1970 but never more since 8 years. And I am still active.

rahulsanghviindia · New User Joined: 03 Jul 2006 Posts: 5 Location: India

I tried my best, but never got a chance to....

dr_te_z · Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 5:16 pm Post subject:

Yes, a 4381 and later a 3090. I used to have tape-reels with test files in my drawer.

I even survived a VSE to MVS migration! Logging off my VSE session on fridayafternoon and logging into MVS on mondaymorning. I did not realize at that time how unique that experiance actually is. And, after working with iccf, I really, REALLY like TSO!

HappySrinu · Active User Joined: 22 Jan 2008 Posts: 176 Location: India

I got opportunity once and it was wonderful experience.
It has even robot shape moving element inside which we can see while retreiving the archived element..dataset when you try to restore

I can't explain in words and never forget that experience

CICS Guy

Anuj D.

superk

For a long stretch of time, no. The datacenter was located remotely from where we all worked, and access to it was strictly limited. Recently, at a newer company, I've been to our datacenter a couple of times. Got to touch it and everything.

Bitneuker · Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 9:44 pm Post subject:

My first one in 1967 was the Honywell Bull Gamma 10 using relais. After that Control Data Corporation CDC3300 and CDC3500 followed by IBM's 360, 370 and a lot of successors. Even returned to the floor a few times to operate while being a project manager while the operators were enjoying a nice dinner I had them brought during an implementation.

chhabraravneet · New User Joined: 04 Oct 2007 Posts: 11 Location: Chennai

I am new to the mainframe world...only 5 months....hope to see it soon...

naveen.m · New User Joined: 02 Nov 2007 Posts: 4 Location: BENGALURU

no not seen since frm 2 years workin on mainframe technology.

But s waitng to see it soon....

ch.prashant · New User Joined: 16 Sep 2006 Posts: 3

Hi,

I saw mainframe for the first time in july 2006 in our lab CDAC in Trivandrum I saw 370 one and H50 old one.

Devzee · Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 7:56 am Post subject:

I've visited 2 Data center trips once in 1997 and next was in 2002. Its amazing experience.

Ted Stone · New User Joined: 16 Mar 2008 Posts: 1 Location: Tampa, FL

I started programming in 1966. That's all we had were mainframes and programmers ran their own jobs. It was a 16K machine.

gcicchet · Senior Member Joined: 28 Jul 2006 Posts: 437

Hi,
my first eperience with a mainframe was with an IBM 360/45

IBM 5081 punched cards

IBM 1403 impact prinetrs (carriage control tape FCB eqiivalent)

2314 disk drives

Gerry