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Have you ever seen a Mainframe?
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Have you ever seen a Mainframe
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No
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vasanthkumarhb

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 4:36 pm    Post subject:
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Waiting for the day, so, i can see mainframe.
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kedianirmal

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 5:26 pm    Post subject:
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Not yet,
But will not miss any chance to see it. Any possibility where can i see a mainframe in Bangalore, India.

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Nirmal
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Terry Heinze

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 9:05 am    Post subject:
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1st one I saw was an NCR 304 at Camp Pendleton, CA in 1965. They now have a tendency to be geographically separated from the programmers.
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Arun Aravind

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 9:29 am    Post subject:
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Hi i am working on a Z BC 102 Mainframe.... I do the backup operations on it.....
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drmadhu

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 1:15 pm    Post subject: have you ever seen a mainframe..!!
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I have seen the mainframe for the first time in Aug, 2006 at Center for Development of Advanced Computing, Thiruvananthapuram, India.

It was an IBM S/390 machine. There was a mid range machine too... a H-50.

The S/390 was an awesome machine. It was a pleasure working with that. Now, I have moved from there and, hardly get any chance to see the mainframe.

I suggest everyone ... never miss a chance to look at the mainframe... atleast once... you'll feel the difference.

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Terry Heinze

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 7:35 pm    Post subject:
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Nice pics. I liked the mainframes that had lots of multi-colored lights flashing in front! icon_smile.gif
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nanny

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 1:49 pm    Post subject:
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can any one post some pics of mainframe
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Anuj D.

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 3:04 pm    Post subject:
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nanny wrote:
can any one post some pics of mainframe
..??? what would you do with them..?

Search in Google or any other search engine of your choice..
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Anuj D.

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 3:08 pm    Post subject:
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Ok..here I got some pics..

http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/mainframe/mainframe_album.html
http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/photos.wss?topic=12
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dfaillace

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PostPosted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 8:48 pm    Post subject:
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Saw two IBM 360's (a model 67, other unknown) ... love the dials, switches, blinking lights and keyboard! Almost got the front panel when one was being scrapped!

Saw an Amdahl 470 V6.

Saw an IBM 4341 & I thinks a 4381 ... nice book shelves!
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rlloydsr

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:18 am    Post subject:
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Hello

When I started as a programmer the computer room was accessible to programmers you could pick up yor reports, request tape mounts and have card decks executed. In most computer rooms there was also a keypunch machine for fixing bad job cards and such.
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rlloydsr

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:21 am    Post subject:
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rlloydsr wrote:
Hello

When I started as a programmer the computer room was accessible to programmers you could pick up your reports, request tape mounts and have card decks executed. In most computer rooms there was also a keypunch machine for fixing bad job cards and such.
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dick scherrer

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:57 am    Post subject: Reply to: Have you ever seen a Mainframe?
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Hello Mr Lloyd (sr) and welcome to the forum,

If you look around, you may spot more than just a few others who started on cards too icon_wink.gif

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