Difference Engine? Aye, you were looky! When I were but a lad, we only had four integers in existence, and there were six of us!
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill Fairchild Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 3:31 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: 33 Years In IT/Security/Audit I remember helping Wong Hsiao-Yü build his model 1 abacus during the reign of Emperor Po-Tzo the second. Or was it Babbage and his model 1 Difference Engine? It must have been Babbage, since I also remember when he suddenly awoke from an opium dream and exclaimed "MAINFRAME!". There. Now we're back on track. Bill Fairchild Software Developer Rocket Software 275 Grove Street · Newton, MA 02466-2272 · USA Tel: +1.617.614.4503 · Mobile: +1.508.341.1715 Email: [email protected] Web: www.rocketsoftware.com -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Doug Fuerst Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 2:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: 33 Years In IT/Security/Audit Actually, the rubber mallet on the 2821 was used to fix parity problems in the 1403 core matrix. Intermittent print checks was the symptom. BTW, a well place foot worked in lieu of a mallet. one of my first lessons as a CE...... Doug ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
