Then next big thing back when I started programming
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IBM was distributing PL/1 compilers and using PL/S to build their software (but refusing to release a compiler.)But most of our programming was Assembly Language. There was talk of a new operating system, MVS, where each user would have their own address space from zero to whatever. This way it would be impossible for one user to step on another's memory. Also PAGING would allow disk drives to create the illusion of more memory. "SLOW" does not even begin to describe what that was like. Nobody had more than 512K of memory though I eventually did see a huge cabinet roll in at Social Security with an entire ONE MEG of memory. (It was the latest in little magnetic core memory donuts.) Micro-computers did not exist but virtual machines were already very ordinary using IBM VM. IBM was well along with SMP and SMP/E which were remarkably good configuration management programs for the operating system. Microsoft has yet to come close to the solution IBM had over 40 years ago. Welcome to 1968, children.
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IBM was distributing PL/1 compilers and using PL/S to build their software (but refusing to release a compiler.)But most of our programming was Assembly Language. There was talk of a new operating system, MVS, where each user would have their own address space from zero to whatever. This way it would be impossible for one user to step on another's memory. Also PAGING would allow disk drives to create the illusion of more memory. "SLOW" does not even begin to describe what that was like. Nobody had more than 512K of memory though I eventually did see a huge cabinet roll in at Social Security with an entire ONE MEG of memory. (It was the latest in little magnetic core memory donuts.) Micro-computers did not exist but virtual machines were already very ordinary using IBM VM. IBM was well along with SMP and SMP/E which were remarkably good configuration management programs for the operating system. Microsoft has yet to come close to the solution IBM had over 40 years ago. Welcome to 1968, children.
do you remember IPLing mainframes?
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do you remember IPLing mainframes?
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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do you remember IPLing mainframes?
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
Sure, that looked like their purpose in life. :)
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