Speed Matching Buffer, probably. 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: bi...@mainstar.com Web: www.rocketsoftware.com -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of P S Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 10:53 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Secret Service plans IT reboot On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 10:47 AM, David Purdy <dpurd...@aol.com> wrote: > >>>Is that even possible for 1980 era hardware? > > -Not sure about parts, but in 1989 at Tektronix, we turned off supposedly > the last 168 (MP of course) running west of the Mississippi. We had about a > half-dozen CE's there, who wanted a picture taken with each powering down > the frame. After the first one did the power-off, the sucker wouldn't come > back up, even with the half-dozen working on it for 30 minutes. Didn't shed > a tear about it - those SMB APARS were a PITA. And there were no parts > locally in Portland. > I probably once knew what SMB was, but nowadays my brain says "Small/Medium Business" or "Server Message(ing?) Block". What was it then? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu 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 lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
