> I, alas, started on a much slower > machine, the 650, about which I feel *no* nostalgia. I do, however, > have fond memories of the 7094.
Nice. My first job as a coop student at IBM was to convert a 650 SOAP program that ran the Toronto plant to a 1401 card system Autocoder program. I think I still have the card systems Autocoder compiler decks somewhere. I did read the SOAP program to figure out what the program did, but never wrote any 650 code myself. Not a fond memory, but an interesting one. The 650 we were taking out had a 2 (4?) KB drum memory. The autocoder (think BAL) program I wrote to replace it was for a 4 KB 1401 card system. High/Low/Equal compare was a special feature on a 1401. Tom Russell "Stay calm. Be brave. Wait for the signs." ─ Jasper FriendlyBear "... and remember to leave good news alone." ─ Gracie HeavyHand
