Steve Had on old Ops manager from Dallas TX who regaled me with stories of these 'portable machine rooms' in Vietnam.
How big they were is irrelevant - they did a job at the time. On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 4:00 PM, Chase, John <jch...@ussco.com> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Howard Brazee > > > > On 7 Dec 2009 13:01:33 -0800, steve_thomp...@stercomm.com (Thompson, > > Steve) wrote: > > > > >What do you mean Sun was the first? > > > > > >The US Army used 360/30 and 360/40s in 18-wheel trailers back in the > > >early 1960s - 40 years before Sun "thought" of the idea. The Army > even > > >had those in Vietnam for the division data centers. > > > > How big were those, compared to an iPod? > > Probably like battleship::kayak. > > -jc- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
